A Minnesota school district was hit with a federal complaint by Parents Defending Education (PDE), which claims that the district engaged in race-based discrimination.
The complaint against Minnesota’s Rochester Public Schools was filed after the district allegedly used funds to support affinity group programs and professional development initiatives that barred white employees from participation.
“Parents Defending Education (PDE) brings this complaint against Rochester Public Schools in Rochester, MN for discrimination on the basis of race in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance in violation of both Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,” the organization wrote in its federal complaint to the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
The complaint goes on to explain that the district received over $136,000 in grants from the Minnesota…
