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LDF Statement on U.S. Department of Education's Decision to Delay Rule Addressing Racial Inequities in Special Education
June 29, 2018
NEW YORK, June 29 -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund issued the following news release:

In 2016, the Obama Administration finalized regulations that would help protect students--particularly students of color--from widespread and well-documented racial disparities in the identification, placement, and discipline of students with disabilities.

The regulations are designed to ensure that states are appropriately identifying and addressing these racial dispari . . .

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