Senator Markey and Colleagues Urge Education Department to Withdraw Rule Gutting Equity Assistance Centers

Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and several colleagues today wrote to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, condemning the agency's efforts to dismantle the Equity Assistance Centers (EACs). The proposed rule, 'Rescinding the Equity Assistance Center Program Regulations,' would eliminate a congressionally funded program that provides technical assistance to school districts for desegregation efforts, potentially leaving schools, students, and parents without crucial civil rights resources.