The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has lifted a freeze on investigating complaints regarding disability-based discrimination, allowing inquiries to resume after a month-long halt. However, investigations related to race or gender remain on hold. This decision comes in light of a significant number of complaints received in fiscal year 2024, with 37 percent alleging disability discrimination. Acting director Craig Trainor emphasized the need to process these disability complaints, signaling a shift in focus as OCR navigates its investigative priorities amid a backlog of cases.
The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is restarting disability discrimination inquiries while investigations related to race or gender will remain paused.
Craig Trainor, the acting director, instructed employees to resume processing only those complaints that allege discrimination based on disability, addressing a significant backlog.
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