From Fox News: An investigation conducted by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission found there was reasonable cause to believe that the Providence Public School District was unlawfully discriminating against White teachers by only offering student loan forgiveness to non-White educators.
“The evidence obtained during the investigation establishes reasonable cause to believe that Respondent engaged in unlawful discrimination against a class of White applicants and employees who applied and were hired by Respondent in a teaching position for five academic years starting with the 2021-2022 school year based on their race, color and national origin,” the EEOC’s final determination letter stated on Thursday.
In 2022, the Legal Insurrection Foundation, a Rhode Island-based nonprofit investigative and research group, filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education against the Providence Public School District.
The group accused the Providence Public School District of offering a student loan forgiveness program exclusively for non-White educators, violating Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
The program, called the “Educator of Color Loan Forgiveness Program,” allows recipients to have up to $25,000 of college loans forgiven after completing three consecutive years of teaching in the district. Eligibility requires applicants to identify as Asian, Black, Indigenous, Latino, biracial, or multi-racial.
Investigation finds RI Public School District offered student loan forgiveness to only non-White teachers https://t.co/P1SufFfC6k
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