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Briefing Reports

Briefing Report Cover School Discipline and Disparate Impact

This report examines the effect that the U.S. Department of Education’s Fall 2010 Disparate Impact initiative has had on schools and school districts across the country.
Report Cover for Statutory Enforcement 2011 ​​​​​​​Peer-to-Peer Violence and Bullying: Examining the Federal Response

This report focuses on the government‘s efforts to enforce federal civil rights laws with respect to peer-to-peer violence based on race, national origin, sex, disability, religion, and sexual orientation or gender identity.
Briefing Report Cover English Only Policies in the Workplace

This report addresses the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) enforcement policies that view as presumptive violations of law the requirement by some employers that their employees speak English on the job. 
Briefing Report Cover Discrimination against Native Americans in Border Towns

This report examines recent changes for Native American communities on or off reservations.
Briefing Report Cover ​​​​​​​Briefing on Blaine Amendments

This report addresses the status and effect of Blaine Amendments, which are provisions in state constitutions that restrict the use of public funds to support private religious schools.