Home News Top Education Civil Rights Official Who Oversaw Title IX Shift to Step Down – Education Week

Top Education Civil Rights Official Who Oversaw Title IX Shift to Step Down – Education Week

56
0

Kenneth L. Marcus, the assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education who helped craft new rules for how schools must respond to allegations of sexual harassment and assault, will step down from his post at the end of July, the department announced Thursday.

Marcus also oversaw a reversal of changes to how the department’s office for civil rights handles complaints—the Trump administration adopted the changes before his tenure. After the Senate confirmed Marcus to his post in 2018, the Trump administration issued an executive order designed to combat discrimination against Jews in education that used a definition of anti-Semitism Marcus had previously publicly supported.

When Marcus departs, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kimberly Richey will take his place on an acting basis.

“Throughout my tenure, OCR has reinforced its status as a neutral, impartial civil rights law enforcement agency that faithfully executes the laws as written and in full, no more and no less, focusing carefully on the needs of each individual student,” Marcus said in a statement about his retirement.

View Original Source

tags:

LEAVE YOUR COMMENT

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *