The Bastrop school district is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights after complaints of discrimination against Hispanic and African-American students and employees.

Federal officials are planning on on-site visit later this month after an unidentified person complained to the civil rights office that the district has practiced "class-wide discrimination in employment with regard to terminations, demotions, hiring, promotions and working conditions . (and) against African-American and Latino students, employees and applicants."