Coalition Letter Urging Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to Appoint a Qualified Candidate as Assistant Secretary, Office of Civil Rights

This February 27, 2017 letter, written by the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and signed by the ACLU, urges Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to choose a well-qualified candidate to head the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights. The letter notes the importance of this position in ensuring equal opposite in education for all students, regardless of their race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age.