Providence Schools Found to Have Violated Civil Rights with Loan Program
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has completed its investigation and found that the Providence Public School Department (PPSD) violated the Civil Rights Act with $25,000 program exclusively for non-White educators.
According to the letter sent to the PPSD’s lawyer Charles Ruggerio, the EEOC wrote, “Charging Party claims that since 2021, Respondent has engaged in a pattern and practice of employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin.”
“Charging Party alleges that Respondent engaged in a pattern and practice of denying the hiring and offering of favorable terms and conditions of employment to applicants and employees on the basis of their race, White. Charging Party further alleges Respondent offered favorable terms and conditions of employment through its student loan forgiveness program titled the ‘Educator of Color Loan Forgiveness Program,’ that was limited to newly hired non-White employees,” writes the EEOC…