Previous administrations have adjusted the pace of enforcement based
on their ideology and political will.32 For example, then - President Richard Nixon ordered the OCR to not
issue clarification to guidance around school integration in hopes of slowing desegregation.33 Then - OCR Director Leon Panetta was forced to resign after he contradicted the president and agreed to
issue clarification.34 At any
given time, the OCR must evaluate violations of federal civil rights laws; it will now be up to Education Secretary DeVos to decide if violations are addressed or swept under the rug.