DOJ Probes Rhode Island Schools Over Race-Based Loan Forgiveness Program for Educators
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has initiated an inquiry into a Rhode Island school The district aims to ascertain if its teacher loan forgiveness program has a discriminatory effect on white applicants. On March 21, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division sent a letter to both the Providence Public School District (PPSD) and the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE). In this correspondence, they initiated an inquiry to determine if these entities' hiring procedures—including their student loan repayment initiative—have disproportionately discriminated against Caucasian educators based on race. "The letter emphasizes that no final determinations have been made regarding the topic under examination. We aim to review all pertinent data, and we encourage your support in pinpointing potential sources of such information," as initially reported by The Boston Globe . PPSD's " Educator from Underrepresented Racial Gro...