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U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the investigations are an effort to protect students from discrimination.

The Legal Defense Fund and law firm Arnold & Porter are urging the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to release findings from a years-long investigation into civil rights complaints in the Carroll Independent School District.

After Carroll ISD declared an impasse in negotiations over trying to settle discrimination claims, a parent said the district wasn’t taking responsibility for failing to keep students safe.

Carroll ISD leaders have declared an impasse in negotiations with the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, which has been investigating allegations of civil rights violations in the district.

The groups are calling on Carroll ISD Superintendent Lane Ledbetter to acknowledge the findings of an investigation into complaints of racism and harassment in the district.

Four complaints of civil rights violations based on sexual orientation, race, and sex have been under investigation in Carroll ISD since 2021 by the Office for Civil Rights. Attorneys for the families say the OCR this week urged the district to resolve those complaints.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened three investigations this year into Texas universities — Texas A&M University, the…

In Texas, many students have ended up in court for getting into fights or even cursing. Some have also ended up with criminal records. In 2010, the…