You can help support this effort by organizing one or more activities in your community to raise awareness of the need for these important
protections for students of color during the week of Friday, March 16th through Thursday, March 22nd.
By shining a light on school - level funding inequities before the school year begins, the final budget can serve as an important new
protection for students of color, low - income students, and other historically under - served groups of students across the state.
Not exact matches
In addition to civil rights
for people
of color, women and LGBT, there has been an expansion
of religious liberty
for minority sects, enforcement
of viewpoint neutrality with respect to access to various public and non-public forums (e.g. religious
student groups must be granted equal access to school facilities as their secular counterparts, etc) greater
protections against age and disability discrimination, and recognition
of habeas corpus rights even
for enemy combatants.
With these actions, the PROSPER Act rescinds vital
protections for students and taxpayers and weakens accountability
for the institutions most likely to prey on low - income
students and
students of color.
Because the Department has already withdrawn guidance clarifying
protections for transgender
students and survivors
of sexual assault on college campuses, Secretary DeVos may also attempt to withdraw these documents important
for protecting
students of color.