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HRC condemns DoE removal of LGBTQ bullying data from federal survey
['Joe Reberkenny', 'Emma Lapointe', 'Lou Chibbaro Jr.']
Washington Blade: LGBTQ News, Politics, LGBTQ Rights, Gay News
The Human Rights Campaign is slamming the White House — and the Department of Education — following their removal of some LGBTQ bullying data from federal data collection.
K-12 Dive, a publication that focuses its reporting on news related to K-12 education, first published a list of these data collection changes from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026.
Additional data also shows that the changes to data collection is harming public school students.
HRC President Kelley Robinson issued a statement following the approval of the new data collection questions that leaves LGBTQ students’ bullying statistics under — if not completely unreported.
HRC has a “Welcoming Schools” initiative that they say is the “most comprehensive” bias-based bullying prevention program in the nation.