--- title: "Trump administration publishes latest CRDC six months late and withholds nonbinary student data" description: "The release leaves out data on nonbinary students that schools were required to report, and it adds new figures on teachers, suspensions and course…" url: https://education.skoop.news/enrollment-discipline-disabilities-5-things-civil-rights-dat-76e299/ published: 2026-11-06T15:22:13.143161-05:00 modified: 2026-11-06T15:22:13.143161-05:00 section: "Education & Careers" publisher: "skoop.news" language: en keywords: ["Black", "Algebra I", "President Joe Biden", "Advanced Placement", "Losen", "CRDC", "Trump", "school", "students", "teachers"] hashtags: ["#AlgebraI", "#PresidentJoeBiden", "#AdvancedPlacement", "#School", "#education"] image: https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/AP_logo_with_an_acorn_Education_DoDEA_Europe_celebrates_student_achievements_in_Advanced_Placement_program_%288700117%29.jpg/1280px-AP_logo_with_an_acorn_Education_DoDEA_Europe_celebrates_student_achievements_in_Advanced_Placement_program_%288700117%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail --- # Trump administration publishes latest CRDC six months late and withholds nonbinary student data > The release leaves out data on nonbinary students that schools were required to report, and it adds new figures on teachers, suspensions and course enrollment. Published 2026-11-06 · Education & Careers, [skoop.news](https://skoop.news/) ## In brief - The Trump administration published the latest CRDC six months later than promised [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). - For the first time since the 1970s, the CRDC gathered information about teachers' race, ethnicity and sex [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). - Black students lost over four times as many days of school as white peers because of out-of-school suspension, according to Losen [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). ## A late release with a gap The Trump administration published the latest CRDC six months later than promised [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). The release leaves out data on nonbinary students, which was collected under the Biden administration but withheld from the public version [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). Under President Joe Biden, the CRDC required schools to report the experiences of nonbinary students for the first time [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). The Trump administration cited an executive order calling for the federal government to recognize two sexes, male and female, as the reason for not releasing that data [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). ## What the data shows about teachers For the first time since the 1970s, the CRDC gathered information about teachers' race, ethnicity and sex [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). More than 720,000 students attend schools where fewer than half of teachers met state certification requirements [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). Black and Latino students make up 73% of those students [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). Gopalan says research shows Black students have better achievement and discipline outcomes when taught by Black teachers [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). ## Suspensions and their cost Black students lost over four times as many days of school as white peers because of out-of-school suspension, according to Losen [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). Losen's research indicates that most districts suspend students for what he calls minor offenses rather than unsafe behavior [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). Losen says even one out-of-school suspension greatly increases the risk of dropping out of school or winding up in the juvenile justice system [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). Students with disabilities were suspended out of school at disproportionately high rates [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). ## Students with disabilities and course access Boys make up nearly two-thirds of students with disabilities [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). High school students with disabilities served under IDEA had lower enrollment rates than nondisabled peers in all listed STEM courses except Algebra I [[2]](https://www.k12dive.com/news/4-takeaways-from-federal-school-civil-rights-data/873691/). Students with disabilities are among the least likely groups to be enrolled in Advanced Placement classes, which Losen attributes partly to assumptions that they cannot achieve at high levels [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). ## Computer science and preschool Boys were almost twice as likely as girls to enroll in computer science, at 11% compared to 6% [[2]](https://www.k12dive.com/news/4-takeaways-from-federal-school-civil-rights-data/873691/). Preschool enrollment growth was partly recovery from a pandemic low and partly expansion driven by states investing more in early childhood education [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). ## What it means for you If you follow data on nonbinary students, the public release does not include it, because the Trump administration withheld it [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). The administration cited an executive order on recognizing two sexes [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). If you have a child in a school where fewer than half of teachers met state certification requirements, you are among a group in which Black and Latino students make up 73% [[1]](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump). If your child has a disability, the figures show lower STEM enrollment in all listed courses except Algebra I [[2]](https://www.k12dive.com/news/4-takeaways-from-federal-school-civil-rights-data/873691/). ## Sources 1. [5 things civil rights data says about public schools](https://www.npr.org/2026/10/07/nx-s1-5988314/civil-rights-data-public-schools-trump) — WUFT 2. [4 takeaways from federal school civil rights data](https://www.k12dive.com/news/4-takeaways-from-federal-school-civil-rights-data/873691/) — K-12 Dive Image: Photo: U.S. Civilian DODEAE by [null Courtesy] / Wikimedia Commons, Public domain (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AP_logo_with_an_acorn_Education_DoDEA_Europe_celebrates_student_achievements_in_Advanced_Placement_program_(8700117).jpg) --- Written from the sources above and checked twice (rules and an independent model) before publishing. How we work: https://skoop.news/how-we-work/ · Corrections: https://skoop.news/corrections/