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In a report made public on Aug. 21, career staff at the Education Department recommended that the American Bar Association lose the federal recognition it needs to accredit law schools, saying it had failed to keep its...
The Education Department on July 23, 2026 rescinded long-standing rules that permitted statistical disparities in school discipline to serve as evidence of racial discrimination under federal civil rights law. The...
The Education Department released a regulatory agenda on July 3, 2026, setting out its rulemaking timeline for the coming year. The department said it plans to issue a proposed accreditation rule in July that would make...
The Education Department announced on June 16, 2026 that the Justice Department would take over enforcement of federal civil rights laws in schools and that the Department of Health and Human Services would oversee...
The Education Department announced on March 26, 2026 that it will move out of its Washington headquarters into smaller office space, with the Energy Department assuming the lease. The relocation is planned for August...
Seventeen Democratic-led states sued the Trump administration on March 11, 2026, over a new Education Department data collection, the Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement, which requires colleges to report...
On January 22, 2026, the Department of Education signed a joint motion dismissing its appeal of a ruling that had blocked its February 2025 "Dear Colleague" letter on diversity, equity and inclusion, effectively ending...
On July 14, 2025, the Supreme Court in McMahon v. New York stayed a district-court injunction that had ordered the Education Department to reinstate roughly 1,300 employees laid off in March 2025, allowing the reduction...