Biden Administration Expected To Bring Back Obama-Era School Discipline Rules, Which Led To Racial Quotas

In 2014, then-President Barack Obama’s Education Department released school-discipline guidelines that insisted schools must discipline students of different races at the same rate, even if students of a particular race misbehave more often.

In 2018, President Donald Trump’s administration rejected those guidelines, providing a statement to Education Week that said: “In too many instances … the previous administration’s discipline guidance often led to school environments where discipline decisions were based on a student’s race and where quotas became more important than the safety of students and teachers. The Department’s decision to rescind that guidance makes it clear that discipline is a matter on which classroom teachers and local school leaders deserve and need autonomy. The Secretary has continued to encourage local school leaders to implement discipline reforms that they believe will foster improved outcomes for their students.”