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It Department of education He has dismissed 11 complaints related to “book bans” and eliminated a position from Biden’s time in charge of researching school districts and parents, announced the agency on Friday.
The Department said it ended with the “buzz of book ban” on Biden on complaints that claimed that the removal of inappropriate, sexually explicit or obscene materials from school libraries created a hostile environment for students.
He also eliminated the “Coordinator of Book Prohibition”, which investigated the school districts and parents “working to protect students from obscene content.”
The Department of Education has dismissed 11 complaints about so -called book bans. (Images Joe Raedle/Getty)
“When dismissing these complaints and eliminating the position and authorities of a so -called” book ban coordinator “, the Department begins the restoration process of parents’ fundamental rights to direct the education of children,” said the assistant secretary of Civil Rights Craig, acting Trainor.
“The department adheres to the north -American principle deeply rooted that local control over public education allows parents and teachers to evaluate the educational needs of their children and communities.
“Parents and school councils have extensive discretion to fulfill this important responsibility,” said Trainor. “These decisions will no longer be by the United States Education Department of Civil Rights Office.”
Six pending complaints were also rejected.
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The U.S. Education Department building on August 21 2024 in Washington, DC (Tierney L. Cross)
The DOE called the book withdrawals are “without merit” and were based on “a doubtful legal theory”. The Agency began investigating complaints on January 20, and found that school districts and parents have established “common processes for the evaluation and elimination of age -inappropriate materials.”
The first complaint was submitted to the Office of the Department of Civil Rights Education (OCR) on February 23, 2022 against the Forsyth County School District In Georgia. The complainant claimed that the district violated Title IX and title VI by removing eight books from the school’s library because they contained sexually explicit content, said Doe.
The OCR office in Atlanta It was intended to dismiss the complaint, but the administration of Biden annulled the determination that the complaint had no merit, said the agency. According to officials, the school district agreed to a resolution under threat of federal intervention.
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“This included requireing the district to publish a statement to all its middle and secondary schools that covered diversity, equity and inclusion,” said OCR. “The department will terminate the agreement and any obligation under it.”
