Parents Defending Education Requests Investigation into Community Unit School District 300’s Strategic Plan for Promoting Race-Based Hiring

Parents Defending Education (PDE) has sent a letter to the Director and Regional Attorney of the Chicago Local Office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission requesting an investigation into Community Unit School District 300 in Algonquin, IL for employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §2000e et seq.

PDE makes this investigation request as an interested third-party organization with members who are parents of school children throughout the country. PDE and its members oppose racial discrimination and political indoctrination in America’s schools. Community Unit School District 300 has adopted a strategic plan to hire, retain, and establish a diverse staff, which establishes certain hiring practices for teachers of color in the District. This policy promotes race-based hiring and educator retention in the District. Attached to this complaint is supporting evidence in the form of the District’s “2022-2027 Strategic Plan for Success” (Exhibit A), which promotes the District’s implementation plan for hiring diverse faculty and staff, the District’s “2022 equity audit” (Exhibit B), which develops a plan for “attracting African American teachers” as an active part of the District’s Equal Opportunity Employment statement, and the “Draft Strategic Plan,” which outlines specific quotas allocated to diverse educators in the District (Exhibit C).

Community Unit School District 300 cannot discriminate based on race or sex in employment decisions. We ask that your office promptly investigate the allegations in this complaint, act swiftly to remedy any unlawful policy and practice, and order appropriate relief.