Federal:
The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is asking for public comment a proposed Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) Information Collection Request package for the 2021–22 school year. The package describes key civil rights data OCR intends to collect from the nation’s public schools and districts. OCR plans to introduce new data categories, such as those relating to students’ educational experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, and restore key data categories from previous collections.
The Hill reports that Congressional leaders sent a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, urging him to take actions to better identify and combat sexual violence on college campuses. Specifically, the lawmakers wanted a practice known as “stealthing,” or the nonconsensual removal of a condom during sex, to be included “in all definitions of unwanted sexual contact.” The letter was led by Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) and signed by 77 Members of Congress.
State:
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt recently had a segment dedicated to the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigations at Southlake High School in Texas. The investigations covered race, gender, and sexuality. ATIXA President, Brett Sokolow, was featured on the report.
Other:
College sexual violence protests take over campuses according to The Nation
This fall, student movements have formed at schools across the country to remove former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos’s Title IX amendment and end the continual abuse by fraternity members.