Sen. Bernie Sanders’ office released a report saying the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) resolved resolution agreements with colleges and K-12 schools in only 1% of pending cases in 2025—its lowest rate in over a decade. The report said OCR reached no resolution agreements for major discrimination categories including sexual harassment or violence, seclusion and restraint, racial harassment, and discipline discrimination. The numbers were framed against a year in which OCR was gutted by mass layoffs at the department. Sanders argued that the reduction left tens of thousands of students facing discrimination without recourse. The report also said OCR referred some expedited cases to DOJ, including matters tied to transgender student access and certain DEI policy enforcement. For institutions, the OCR resolution slowdown heightens compliance uncertainty: fewer negotiated agreements mean fewer mandated corrective action plans, but potential legal exposure can remain through escalations to DOJ or litigation. The OCR capacity contraction also raises the stakes for campuses managing climate, bias investigations, and student protections without the same level of federal case resolution activity.