Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said Thursday her department has not begun implementing an Obama-era regulation designed to ensure children of color are not disproportionately punished or sent to special-education classrooms, despite a court order. The court decision, issued March 7, was a rebuke of her action. The only option other than implementing the rule appears to be an appeal of the court decision. It lifted the two-year delay DeVos imposed. The Trump administration complained that the rule could lead to quotas, but the court said that reasoning was flawed.

Source: Washington Post March 28, 2019 17:03 UTC