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With DOE’s Office for Civil Rights depleted, a lawsuit seeks to continue discrimination investigations in schools

A Lower Merion dad, whose daughter faced discrimination based on her disability, laments a safety net that’s “pretty well gone.”

Advocates have sued over changes at the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights. The Philadelphia office of the DOE's Office of Civil Rights has been closed.
Advocates have sued over changes at the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights. The Philadelphia office of the DOE's Office of Civil Rights has been closed.Read moreTIM TAI / Staff Photographer