Department of Education launches 'EndDEI' portal for parents, students, teachers to report discrimination

"The U.S. Department of Education is committed to ensuring all students have access to meaningful learning free of divisive ideologies and indoctrination," the website states.

The submission form provides an outlet for students, parents, teachers, and others to report "illegal discriminatory practices" in schools. ED will use the incident report to "identify potential areas for investigation."

Nicole Neily, president of Parents Defending Education, told Fox News Digital that the portal is necessary considering the widespread push to report these kinds of incidents.

"We're very much in a 'see something, say something' moment in time - not only to root out the obvious practices and policies, but also the insidious proxies that have permeated education. With approximately 13,500 school districts and 4,000 degree-granting institutions, there's a lot of ground to cover - and many hands make light work!"

The executive order directed every department and agency to end "private sector DEI discrimination," including civil compliance investigations. Furthermore, the ED was ordered to issue guidance to ensure that any new measures and practices are aligned with the Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, which held that race-based affirmative action programs in college admissions violate the Constitution.

Many proponents of DEI argue that the effort corrects historical injustices and systemic inequities.

Lawmakers from the local school board to state level passed legislation giving parents more transparency into their child's education, curbing DEI efforts that affect community members, and implementing rigorous book review policies that address progressive curricula like critical race theory and gender theory being taught in classrooms.