Trump administration scrubs data on gender-based bullying from school civil rights survey

The Trump administration recently released an update to the Department of Education’s Civil Rights Data Collection, a major survey regarding civil rights in schools. The updated report excludes all data points previously included concerning nonbinary students and incidents of bullying based on gender identity.

The removal of this information marks a shift in the reporting of school-based civil rights data. By scrubbing these specific categories from the survey, the administration has altered the scope of the data available regarding gender identity and student safety within the education system.