"The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights reached just 112 resolution agreements in 2025, representing only 1 percent of all pending cases, with no resolutions for sexual harassment or racial harassment."
"The number of resolved disability discrimination cases dropped from 390 in 2024 to 83 in 2025, highlighting a significant decline in the office's capacity to address civil rights complaints."
"Experts warned that the diminished Office for Civil Rights would struggle to protect students from harm, especially after the Trump administration fired half of its staff and closed regional offices."
"The Government Accountability Office found that OCR dismissed more than 70 percent of the 9,000 complaints received from March to September 2025, indicating a troubling trend in civil rights enforcement."
In 2025, the Education Department's Office for Civil Rights resolved only 112 civil rights complaints, the lowest in over a decade. No cases of sexual harassment, sexual violence, or racial harassment were resolved, with over 2,000 cases pending in these categories. Disability discrimination resolutions dropped significantly from 390 in 2024 to 83 in 2025. The decline follows staff layoffs and office closures under the Trump administration, which shifted focus to specific priorities, including investigations into transgender athletes in women's sports.
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