Federal agency publishes discrimination cases online
New information on a federal website allows the general public to find out whether a college or school district is under investigation for discrimination.
This month, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights published on its website a list of institutions and issues under investigation. An agency spokesman told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Thursday that this is the first time it has been done.
The website allows users to search by state and by discrimination types. The information is organized under broad categories of discrimination, including race and national origin, sex, disability and age.
The list will be updated monthly, and represents complaints filed rather than confirmed violations of federal antidiscrimmination law.
About the Author
Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
