Federal officials on Monday launched a new Civil Rights Fraud Initiative aimed at schools receiving federal funding, the next step in the Trump administration’s aggressive enforcement posture against transgender rights, DEI,...more
5/22/2025
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A federal civil rights agency just announced that it will be investigating more than 50 higher ed institutions to determine whether they violated federal law by making race-based decisions in their graduate and scholarship...more
3/19/2025
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Many K-12 and institutes of higher education are concerned about the potential threat to their federal funding given recent changes to the way the government is interpreting existing federal law to achieve certain policy...more
3/14/2025
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The Maine Department of Labor (MDOL) just announced that it has certified 12 fully insured, private policies providing paid family and medical leave (PFML) coverage that employers may use to meet their obligations under the...more