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Education Department Ends Use of Statistical Disparities Alone in School Civil Rights Investigations

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The Department of Education announced Thursday that it is ending a decades-old policy allowing statistical disparities by themselves to serve as evidence of discrimination during federal civil rights investigations involving schools. The change took effect immediately and rescinds guidance dating back to 1979. Under the previous policy, the department’s Office for Civil Rights could rely…

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