WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has rescinded federal guidance laying out the rights and civil rights protections of the roughly 5 million children not proficient in English attending public schools.

The guidance, issued by the civil rights offices of the Justice and Education departments in 2015, outlined the legal obligations that public schools must undertake to prevent discrimination and comply with years of court decisions affirming the civil rights of English learners. Now, the Trump administration’s Education Department has quietly rescinded the guidance, according to the version now made available on the department’s website.

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The Trump administration has rescinded federal guidance laying out the rights and civil rights protections of the roughly

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