Case

Legal Insurrection Foundation v. Providence Public School District (School Loan Forgiveness Program Open Only to Non-White Teachers Challenged)

Case Particulars

Tribunal

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Date Filed

November 15, 2022

Docket No.

OCR Case Number 01-23-1069

Case Status

Complaint Filed with U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR); OCR Referred Case to EEOC; DOJ Commenced Investigation

Case Overview

Legal Insurrection Foundation filed an administrative complaint charging Providence Public School District with civil rights violations for a racially discriminatory program. Specifically, LIF has challenged a racially discriminatory loan forgiveness program that PPSD devised, which program is open only to newly- and recently-hired non-white teachers. The case was filed with the U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Civil Rights, which then made a formal referral of the case to the EEOC on February 2, 2023, which is investigating.

 

UPDATE: On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a letter to the Commissioner of the Rhode Island Department of Education and the General Counsel for the Providence Pubic School District, informing them that DOJ “is opening an investigation to determine whether Rhode Island Department of Education (“RIDE”) and Providence Public Schools (“PPS”) are engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination based on race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq. (“Title VII”).”

Case Documents

Administrative Complaint (U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Civil Rights), November 15, 2022

Letter of Referral, OCR to EEOC, February 3, 2023

Dep’t of Justice Letter Opening Investigation (U.S. Department of Justice), March 21, 2025

Media Coverage

Michael Dostewitz, Left Never Gets It: Equal Applies to Opportunity, Not Results, Newsmax (March 28, 2025)

Kristine Parks, DOJ investigating Rhode Island schools over loan forgiveness program only for ‘educators of color’, Fox News (March 26, 2025)

William A. Jacobson, “Extremely Thankful” DOJ Taking Action Against Providence Schools “Educators of Color Loan Forgiveness Program”, LEGAL INSURRECTION (March 26, 2025)

Bradley Jaye, Exclusive – DOJ to Investigate Anti-White Discrimination in Rhode Island Public Schools, Breitbart News (March 21, 2025)

William A. Jacobson, DOJ Reportedly Opens Investigation Into Providence Schools Program Challenged By Equal Protection Project, LEGAL INSURRECTION (March 21, 2025)

William A. Jacobson, The Rhode Island Foundation’s Discriminatory Grantmaking Warrants Civil Rights Investigation, Legal Insurrection (February 25, 2025)

William A. Jacobson, Equal Protection Project: Rhode Island Foundation Must End Racially Discriminatory Scholarships and Grants, LEGAL INSURRECTION (June 10, 2024)

William A. Jacobson, Rhode Island Foundation Stands By Funding Providence Teacher Hiring Program That Discriminates Against Whites, LEGAL INSURRECTION (February 25, 2023)

William A. Jacobson, Providence (RI) Schools Appear To Abandon Segregated Teacher Meetups After Legal Insurrection Challenge, LEGAL INSURRECTION (February 19, 2023)

William A. Jacobson, Providence (RI) Schools Continue Anti-White New Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program As Investigation Moves To EEOC, LEGAL INSURRECTION (February 9, 2023)

William A. Jacobson, Providence (RI) School District Backs Away From Segregated Teacher Event After Legal Insurrection Exposé, LEGAL INSURRECTION (January 19, 2023).

NBC 10 News, Legal watchdog claims Providence teacher event discriminates against race, WJAR (Channel 10) (January 19, 2023).

Matt Allen Show, Bill Jacobson Cornell Professor Founder Legal Insurrection Dot Com – Providence Public School District’s Event Discriminating Against White Teachers, WPRO (January 19, 2023).

William A. Jacobson, Segregated Providence (RI) Teacher Event Open Only to “Educators of Color” Challenged By Legal Insurrection Foundation, LEGAL INSURRECTION (January 18, 2023).

William A. Jacobson, Black Community Activists Support Legal Insurrection’s Challenge To Providence School’s Anti-White Hiring Incentives, LEGAL INSURRECTION (November 30, 2022).

Matt Allen Show, Bill Jacobson Cornell Professor Founder Legal Insurrection Dot Com – Providence School District Offering Student Loan Forgiveness to Non White Teachers, WPRO (November 16, 2022).

William A. Jacobson, Providence (RI) Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program Only Open To Non-Whites Challenged By Legal Insurrection Foundation, LEGAL INSURRECTION (Nov 15, 2022).

Brian Flood, Providence school district slapped with civil rights complaint over loan forgiveness only for non-Whites, FOX NEWS (Nov 15, 2022).