OCR Complaint: Wellesley Public Schools

OCR Complaints


On May 12, 2021, Parents Defending Education (PDE) filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education against Wellesley Public Schools in Wellesley, Massachusetts, for discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin in programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.