"Landmark Shift in Education Policy: US Department of Education Ditches 60-Year-Old Regulation on Disparate Impact In a move that has sparked widespread debate, the US Department of Education has announced the elimination of a long-standing regulation that held schools accountable for the disproportionate impact of their policies on minority students. The rule, which dated back to the 1960s, required institutions to consider the potential effects of their decisions on historically marginalized groups, even if those decisions were not intentionally discriminatory. By repealing this regulation, the Department of Education is effectively reducing the burden on schools to prove intent behind discriminatory practices, potentially opening the door to more lenient enforcement of civil rights laws. The decision has raised concerns among civil rights advocates, who argue that it will make it more difficult to address systemic inequalities in education."
The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday eliminated regulations going back more than 60 years that recognized liability for disparate impact, such as when statistics demonstrate a discriminatory ...
