DENVER (KDVR) — Denver Public Schools is facing two federal civil rights investigations that allege the district discriminates against students who are white.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is looking into complaints that DPS uses race in making some decisions and violates the U.S. Constitution, as first reported by the Denver Gazette and confirmed by FOX31.
DPS accused of using race to make decisions
The complaints were filed by Mountain States Legal Foundation, a conservative nonprofit based in Lakewood.
The group claims DPS discriminated against students and others in two specific scenarios.
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The first is when the district created a committee to review disciplinary procedures. Mountain States Legal claims DPS chose people to serve on the committee based on their race.
They cite a text message from a former board member, which said the district wanted to make the committee match its student body, about 75% of whom are students of color.