The Akron Public Schools Board discussed the future of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies in its schools at a school board meeting on Monday night.
A letter sent out on Feb. 14 by the United States Department of Education gave schools across the country two weeks to stop “race-based decision making” or risk losing federal funding.
The school board declined to vote on Akron Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Robinson’s plan to repeal DEI policies on Monday and will discuss that further in a special meeting of the equity committee on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday’s meeting will be open to the public.
