Takano: Dismantling the Department of Education Threatens Student Civil Rights

House committee hearing · February 20, 2026

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Opening: Framing the hearing as response to Department cuts

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Speaker 1 opened by thanking the ranking member and framed the session as a full discussion of “what the gutting of the Department of Education will mean for all American students and families,” placing the hearing in the context of recent personnel reductions.

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At a House committee hearing, speakers warned that steep staff cuts at the U.S. Department of Education — especially at the Office for Civil Rights — have left discrimination complaints delayed or unresolved, including a reported case where a planned mediation halted after an OCR attorney was fired.

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