An education advocacy group hit Portland Public Schools (PPS) with a federal civil rights complaint Thursday over a policy that requires factoring students’ race and gender identity into disciplinary decisions.
Parents Defending Education (PDE) alleges in its federal civil rights complaint that PPS is violating civil rights law and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment through its new “Student Support and Discipline” policy, which requires educators to respond to “disruptive student behavior” by developing a behavior support plan that considers characteristics like race. The policy also requires the school district to assign educators based on race and gender identity.
“Portland Public Schools has enacted several concerning policies that treat students and educators differently based on race and gender identity,” the complaint alleges. “For instance, Portland Public Schools is disciplining some students and not others, solely based on immutable characteristics.” (RELATED: Group Seeking To Push ‘Racial Balancing’ In Public Schools Has The Backing Of Major Left-Wing Donors)
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