WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the civil rights office in the Education Department said Tuesday he’ll enforce the nation’s antidiscrimination policy in schools, including for LGBTQ students. “All students, including all transgender students, deserve equal access to education and should not be harassed and bullied,” Kenneth L. Marcus told the Senate panel holding his confirmation hearing. Asked by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., whether he’d lead the department’s civil rights office to investigate discrimination claims against such students, Marcus replied: “We would investigate if the complaint meets the standard for investigation.”Marcus was grilled by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee over the Trump administration’s commitment to fighting discrimination. Trump has been criticized for proposing to slash the education budget. The scrapped rules instructed universities to use a “preponderance of the evidence” standard to assess and investigate charges.

Source: National Post December 05, 2017 17:26 UTC