{"id":2634176,"date":"2026-07-23T15:11:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-ends-obama-policies-that-forced-schools-to-discipline-based-on-race\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T19:19:14","slug":"trump-admin-ends-obama-policies-that-forced-schools-to-discipline-based-on-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-admin-ends-obama-policies-that-forced-schools-to-discipline-based-on-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Admin Ends Forcing Schools To Discipline Based On Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-admin-ends-obama-policies-that-forced-schools-to-discipline-based-on-race%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2634176&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the Department of Education&#8217;s recent decision to revoke regulations implemented during the Obama administration that linked school discipline policies to race through the use of disparate impact theory. the Obama-era policies encouraged schools to consider race when disciplining students, leading to data manipulation to avoid sanctions, which critics argue compromised fairness and safety in schools. The Trump administration&#8217;s move aims to promote equal educational opportunities and merit-based discipline by preventing race-based disparities from being used as a basis for federal enforcement. The article highlights concerns over the impact of disparate impact doctrine, which can penalize neutral policies that disproportionately affect certain racial groups, and emphasizes the administration&#8217;s focus on ensuring fair treatment under the law, free from racial bias doctrines that critics say undermine discipline and safety standards.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span>Breccan F. 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For example, if one group of people commits more of a certain kind of crime than others, disparate impact theory would suggest that the law prohibiting the crime is discriminatory because it is being enforced against the group committing the crime more frequently than groups that are not.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhile disparate-impact liability has been used for decades, the Obama Administration weaponized it as a tool for the radical left, forcing schools to make race a factor when considering disciplinary actions,\u201d the department stated. \u201cIndeed, under Democrat Administrations, OCR found schools guilty of violating Title VI for even-handedly applying race-neutral policies \u2014 with no discriminatory intent \u2014 solely because data indicated the school disciplined more minority students.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ideology behind disparate impact-driven school discipline \u2014 that enforcement should be essentially equitable across demographics, no matter what \u2014 necessarily dictates that some students of certain races who should be disciplined will not be, so long as students of other races are not misbehaving to the same degree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the department, \u201cderegulation will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-left-embraces-separate-but-equal\/\" title=\"The Left supports &#039;Separate But Equal\">ensure equal educational opportunities<\/a> and meritocracy for all students,\u201d which follows the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/04\/restoring-equality-of-opportunity-and-meritocracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy<\/a>\u201d executive order signed by President Donald Trump in April 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That executive order argues aggressively against disparate-impact liability, noting that it is both a killer of merit and unconstitutional, and that equity-driven outcomes run afoul of equal treatment under law \u2014 a \u201cbedrock principle of the United States\u201d that thwarts \u201crace- or sex-based favoritism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA child is so much more than a number in a data set. The left\u2019s notion of \u2018equity\u2019 should never prevent teachers from keeping their classrooms and students safe. With these changes, schools will be empowered to address classroom issues without fearing the federal government will weaponize antidiscrimination laws,\u201d\u00a0Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly\u00a0Richey said in a press release. \u201cThese regulatory changes will help ensure fair enforcement of Title VI, as intended by Congress. The Trump Administration will always hold schools accountable for discrimination and ensure all students in America receive the equal educational opportunities and equal treatment to which they are entitled by law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before this change, schools would keep disciplinary datasets that track their enforcement along racial lines. In previous administrations, a school\u2019s dataset showing enforcement against one race more than others would result in the threat of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-mounting-opposition-democrats-move-forward-on-stalled-justice-dept-nominee\/\" title=\"Amid Mounting Opposition, Democrats Move Forward on Stalled Justice Dept. Nominee\">civil rights violation<\/a> from the federal government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result was schools cooking the books to make the data look equitable, including <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/11\/excusing-misbehavior-is-bad-for-kids-and-schools-but-thats-what-biden-admin-wants-to-do-for-equity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">not enforcing rules<\/a> against minorities and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/12\/by-tackling-imaginary-racism-in-school-discipline-the-biden-admin-is-making-classrooms-less-safe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">overcorrecting<\/a> against white students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Breccan F. Thies is the White House correspondent for The Federalist. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. 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