US Education Department Alters Civil Rights Survey Data Collection

The U.S. Department of Education has removed data pertaining to nonbinary students and gender identity-based bullying from its federal civil rights survey for the 2023-2024 school year. This change, implemented without an official announcement, replaces previous figures with a suppression code, aligning with an executive order defining sex as male or female. The alteration impacts the availability of specific demographic and bullying trend data for public schools.