Betsy DeVos is considering rescinding guidance that protects racial minority students - again

NEWS By DAVID BADASH APRIL 5, 2018 12:20 PM

Just as she has with transgender students and disabled students, Betsy DeVos is targeting racial minority students – again.

The Education Secretary held two separate listening sessions with the goal of rolling back Obama-era guidance designed to protect racial minority children from being disciplined at higher rates than non-minority children. The guidance was created in 2014 to help stop Black and other minority students from being suspended at high rates, and to break the school-to-prison pipeline.

DeVos chose Wednesday, the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to hold the meetings.

The first session included participants interested in keeping the guidance protections. Among them, the Dept. of Education announced, were the National Education Association, the Association of American University Women, the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund, and the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. Several teachers and administrators were also included, but No students were, and some organizations were effectively barred from participating.

"Groups like the National Women’s Law Center sent DeVos a letter slamming what they called 'the exclusive and non-transparent approach' of the summit," HuffPost reports. "The letter was co-signed by groups like the Human Rights Campaign and the National Center for Transgender Equality. It expressed the groups’ support for the guidance."

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