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Urbandale district to revise documents after federal DEI guidance; board approves changes
Summary
The Urbandale Comm School District superintendent told the board the U.S. Department of Education sent a Dear Colleague letter about DEI and Title VI compliance; the board voted to revise district documents and a job title to align with legal guidance.
The Urbandale Comm School District board voted to revise district documents and related job descriptions after the superintendent described recent U.S. Department of Education guidance about diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and Title VI compliance.
Superintendent Dr. Dowska told the board that the Department of Education issued a Dear Colleague letter (sent Feb. 14, per the superintendent) and that the guidance is intended to clarify how Title VI and the Supreme Court decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard affect use of race by state actors. "We do intend to comply with the…
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