ProPublica sued the Department of Education in late February 2026 after the agency failed to produce any records responding to FOIA requests over a full year, with the department now claiming it needs 262 business days to even respond. The Education Department also froze its public list of schools under civil rights investigation on January 14, 2025, preventing journalists, parents, and civil rights groups from tracking which types of discrimination complaints the agency is prioritizing. This matters because without visibility into Education's enforcement priorities, the public can't independently assess whether the agency is investigating racial harassment, disability discrimination, or other categories of civil rights violations. ProPublica's own reporting found the Trump administration's Education Department is now fast-tracking cases on antisemitism and transgender athlete participation while deprioritizing investigations of racial harassment against Black students.