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May 5, 2025

Trump Admin Ends Louisiana Desegregation Order, Opens Probe into Chicago Program for Black Students
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In more education news, the Justice Department last week terminated a
half-century-old school desegregation order in Louisiana. The
Plaquemines Parish School Board came under a federal consent decree in
1966 for refusing to comply with the landmark Brown v. Board of
Education decision outlawing segregation in schools. Trump's DOJ said it
is "correcting wrongs from the past."

In related news, the Education Department has launched an investigation
into a Chicago school program designed to help Black students. The
federal agency said it could withhold federal funding from the district
over the Black Student Success Plan, alleging that it discriminates
against non-Black students.


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