By Waltern Hudson The U.S. Department of Education will reinstate more than 260 Office for Civil Rights employees who were laid off during massive budget cuts in March, according to an agency filing required by federal court order. The department announced plans to return OCR staff in phases, with groups of employees rejoining the civil rights enforcement division every two weeks from September 8 through November 3. The restoration follows a federal judge’s directive in Victim Rights Law Center v. U.S. Department of Education requiring the agency to return to “the status quo” to fulfill its legal obligations protecting students’ civil rights.
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