The Trump administration has quietly rescinded a longstanding Department of Education guidance explaining how schools must comply with civil rights laws and court decisions mandating they provide services to English language learners, alarming education advocates.
The guidance, issued in 2015, details how schools must comply with longstanding parts of U.S. law like Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which bars national origin discrimination. Courts have interpreted this provision to mean that schools must offer support services to students who don’t speak English.
