Candice Jackson | |
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Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights Acting | |
In office April 2017 – July 2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Secretary | Betsy DeVos |
Personal details | |
Born | Candice Erin Jackson March 9, 1978 San Bernardino County, California, U.S.[1] |
Relatives | Jonathan Jackson (brother) Richard Lee Jackson (brother) |
Residence | Washington, D.C. |
Education | Stanford University (BA)[2] Pepperdine University (JD)[2] |
Candice Erin Jackson[3] (born March 9, 1978)[4][1] is an American lawyer and former government official from California. She served in the Trump administration as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Operations and Outreach in the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the U.S. Department of Education, and the Office's Acting Assistant Secretary from April 2017 to July 2018.[2] From July 2018 to January 2021, she served as the Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Education.