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28-07-2025
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Investigation finds RI Public School District offered student loan forgiveness to only non-White teachers
Print Close By Rachel del Guidice Published July 28, 2025 FIRST ON FOX: 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. CORNELL UNIVERSITY HIT WITH FEDERAL CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT OVER ALLEGED DISCRIMINATORY DEI PRACTICES The group alleged that the Providence Public School District offered a program giving student loan forgiveness to new teachers available only to non-White educators. The complaint maintained that the Providence Public School District "engaged in a continuing violation and an ongoing pattern or practice of discrimination" with a student loan forgiveness program for newly and recently hired educators that is only accessible to non-White applicants, which was called the "Educator of Color Loan Forgiveness Program." The Providence Public School District reportedly said that recipients can have up to $25,000 of college loans forgiven once the teacher completes three consecutive years of teaching in the district. Eligibility requirements indicate recipients must "identify as Asian, Black, Indigenous, Latino, biracial, or multi-racial." The EEOC final determination letter states that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, mandates that if violations are found, the Providence Public School District must work to bring a resolution. JUSTICE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATING UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OVER ALLEGED DEI-BASED HIRING It directs the Providence Public School District to contact the EEOC "within ten days upon your receipt of this letter to indicate your willingness to participate in EEOC's conciliation program to address the violation noted in this letter of determination." In a statement to Fox News Digital, William Jacobson, Cornell law professor and founder of the Equal Protection Project, said, "After almost three years of effort, EPP is seeing the legal pieces fall into place to stop this racist program and to hold those responsible accountable." "The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a formal investigation and now the EEOC has issued a finding of 'reasonable cause' to believe the civil rights laws were violated," Jacobson said. "We are gratified by the findings of the EEOC, and look forward to the EEOC taking further legal action to vindicate the rights of hundreds, if not thousands, of White teachers who were subject to unlawful discriminatory treatment." Fox News Digital reached out to the Providence Public School District for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Fox News' Brian Flood contributed to this report. Print Close URL
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19-04-2025
- Politics
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JK Rowling does victory lap following UK Supreme Court ruling that trans women aren't legally women
Print Close By Rachel del Guidice Published April 18, 2025 Author JK Rowling is celebrating the UK Supreme Court's ruling that transgender women aren't legally women in celebratory posts on X. "I love it when a plan comes together. #SupremeCourt #WomensRights," Rowling posted Wednesday on X, along with a photo of herself holding a drink and smoking a cigar by the water. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court of England ruled unanimously that a woman is defined as a person who was born biologically a female, and that transgender women are no longer included in the legal definition of a woman. JK ROWLING FIRES BACK AT LIBERAL COMEDIAN AFTER HE DOUBLES DOWN ON TRANS ATHLETE STANCE "We toasted you, @ForWomenScot," Rowling, who is the author of the "Harry Potter" series, said in another post with two champagne glasses and referenced her husband celebrating like it's Victory in Europe Day. "Neil says it's TERF VE Day 🤣#SupremeCourt #WomensRights." The term TERF stands for Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists which is meant to be a dig at women who don't believe in transgenderism. The organization For Women Scotland, a Scottish women's advocacy group working to defend women's and children's rights which brought the case, also celebrated the ruling. "Now there's legal clarity on what 'woman' means," Trina Budge, director of For Women Scotland, said in an interview with Sky News posted on X. "Trans [males] never had the right to access women-only spaces — that was an overreach," Budge said. The ruling allows single-sex spaces like changing rooms, homeless shelters, swimming areas and medical or counseling services to be open only to biological women. CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTURE Kemi Badenoch , the leader of the UK's Conservative Party, also celebrated the win on X. "Saying 'trans women are women' was never true in fact and now isn't true in law, either," Badenoch said. "A victory for all of the women who faced personal abuse or lost their jobs for stating the obvious," she added. "Women are women and men are men: you cannot change your biological sex. The era of Keir Starmer telling us that some women have penises has come to an end. Hallelujah! Well done @ForWomenScot!" CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Print Close URL
