The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) is ending the collection of key civil rights data on the nation’s LGBTQ+ students. The result of this action ends the gathering of data and definitions related to the harassment, bullying, and assaults regarding a group of students found to be more at-risk of such incidents.
The changes will be made to the Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), a mandated survey of all public school districts that has been administered for almost six decades.
The 2025-26 survey, which was approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in July, will eliminate schools’ reporting of how many students identify as nonbinary, how often they are victims of harassment and bullying, and whether school districts have policies prohibiting those incidents.
Source: K-12 Dive