African-American students in several Florida school districts were subjected to harsh disciplinary policies at a far higher rate than their white classmates. These students were often subjected to long-term suspensions, expulsions and even arrested at school for relatively minor misconduct.
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The Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry in North Carolina failed to provide female veterans with the same job training classes male veterans received through the organization鈥檚 federally funded programs. Instead, female veterans were offered classes such as knitting, art therapy, yoga, meditation, how to de-clutter your room, self-esteem and Bible study. The 澳彩开奖 filed a sex discrimination complaint with the U.S. Department of Labor against the organization.
Almost two years after finding that Mississippi鈥檚 Jackson Public School District violated federal special education law, the Mississippi Department of Education had failed to hold the district accountable and ensure that its students with disabilities were receiving services required by federal law. The 澳彩开奖 filed a federal class action lawsuit in 2012 against the department on behalf of these students.
North Carolina鈥檚 Wake County Public School System denied Spanish-speaking parents the opportunity to participate in their children鈥檚 education. The school system provided school notices, such as notices of long-term suspensions and special education materials, in English to English-speaking parents but failed to provide this information to Spanish-speaking parents in Spanish 鈥� discriminating against these students and violating state and federal law. The 澳彩开奖 and Advocates for Children鈥檚 Services, a project of Legal Aid of North Carolina, filed a complaint against the school district with the U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 Office for Civil Rights. This complaint resulted in the school district agreeing to develop a plan to ensure Spanish-speaking parents have the opportunity to participate in their child鈥檚 education.
African-American students and students with disabilities in Louisiana鈥檚 Jefferson Parish Public Schools were disproportionately referred to alternative school, where they often languish for months or even years before returning to regular classes. These students often were referred to alternative schools for minor misconduct, such as disrespectful behavior, use of profanity, disrupting class and horseplay.
Prisoners at the Orleans Parish Prison in Louisiana endured rampant violence, multiple sexual assaults and neglect. The 澳彩开奖 filed a federal lawsuit against Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin N. Gusman, charging the sheriff鈥檚 indifference created the brutal and inhumane conditions at the jail. The 澳彩开奖 reached an agreement with officials in December 2012 to address the brutal and inhumane conditions at the Orleans Parish Prison.
The 澳彩开奖 filed a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of Polk County youth, which charges that Polk County detains youth charged as juveniles under adult standards. It also charges that Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd allows guards to brutalize children and fails to provide these youth with adequate educational and rehabilitative services.
Tracey Cooper-Harris, an Army veteran, was denied disabled veteran benefits for her spouse, though her same-sex marriage was recognized by California. The 澳彩开奖 filed suit on behalf of Cooper-Harris and her wife, charging that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) discriminated against them by denying these benefits while granting them to spouses in heterosexual marriages. The lawsuit resulted in a historic ruling that declared unconstitutional sections of a statute that prevented the VA from granting benefits to her spouse.
African-American students in Louisiana鈥檚 Jefferson Parish Public Schools were disproportionately arrested for minor rule violations across the school district. These students often experienced physical abuse while being detained, including one student whose arm was broken as sheriff鈥檚 officers detained him. They were also subjected to racially offensive language and other inappropriate comments while being detained. The U.S. Department of Education launched an investigation after the 澳彩开奖 filed a complaint describing these conditions.
As part of a harsh anti-immigrant law, the Alabama Department of Revenue required people who owned or maintained mobile homes in the state to prove their lawful immigration status before they could pay annual fees for an identification decal required for all mobile homes. The 澳彩开奖 and its allies filed a federal class-action lawsuit challenging the immigration check as a violation of the Fair Housing Act that threatened to leave families across the state homeless.
