# Civil Rights Data Collection

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## Timeline

- **2026-09**: CRDC 2023-24 Released with Suppressed Fields — Education Department quietly releases the 2023-24 Civil Rights Data Collection update, replacing all gender-identity-related data with 'Suppressed in Compliance with Executive Order.'
- **2025-01-20**: Executive Order Defines Binary Sex — President Trump signs an executive order directing the federal government to define sex as only male or female, later cited as the basis for CRDC suppression.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### CRDC Suppresses Gender Data Across 13,000+ U.S. School Districts
2026-09-05 12:14:26 · Sentiment: Neutral · Impact: 5/10 · Sources: 2

The Department of Education replaced every gender-identity-related CRDC field with 'Suppressed in Compliance with Executive Order,' a policy choice that could raise Administrative Procedure Act and civil rights enforcement issues. With 1,800 of 13,000+ districts previously reporting trans/nonbinary data, the suppression conceals records after collection and affects Title IX and state anti-bullying monitoring.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/crdc-gender-data-suppression-legal

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