Dept. of Education changing guidelines on systemic discrimination

The Education Department will no longer look for systematic discrimination in schools following individual complaints, according to the Associated Press.

Why it matters: This is a change from the Obama administration, which required the department to investigate whether an incident of discrimination was a part of a broader problem in a school or class. Proposed revisions from the department that were released last week omitted the word "systemic" from its guidelines, per the AP. In addition to that change, the department is moving to eliminate an appeals process, and give schools "a greater say in how a case is handled."