The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on Thursday initiated a Title VI investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) regarding significant revisions made in 2020 to the admissions policy at the prestigious Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJ).
The federal probe was launched after Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares’ office concluded that FCPS’s new policy was designed to discriminate on the basis of race and subsequently referred the complaint to the Department of Education.
Attorney General Miyares’ report, released May 21, 2025, found that the Fairfax County School Board revised TJ’s admissions policies because it was dissatisfied with the school’s racial composition…