1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

Restore Civil Rights Enforcement to the Department of Education As a voter and your constituent, I urge you to block the administration’s ongoing efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and its critical Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The administration’s strategy of using interagency agreements to shift civil rights enforcement and gut regional offices threatens essential protections against race, sex, and disability discrimination for millions of students. Dispersing these core functions away from the Department of Education undermines institutional expertise, drastically stalls case resolutions, and leaves vulnerable students without a reliable federal safety net. Because the executive branch cannot legally dissolve a department established by Congress, lawmakers must step in. I urge you to use your legislative authority to halt these disruptive structural transfers, restore full funding and staffing to the OCR, and permanently safeguard the Department of Education. Our students' civil rights depend on your active defense.