Plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Friday claim the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights cannot fulfill its mandated duties after nearly half the department’s staff was laid off this week, as President Donald Trump moves to shut down the agency entirely.
The Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates, a national disability rights group, and two parents jointly filed the federal lawsuit in the District of Columbia.
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