What is the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and what do they do?
Printable Version The U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is a federal agency with the responsibility of ensuring equal access to education through the enforcement of civil rights. Several federal agencies have offices for civil rights attached to them, but the OCR in the Department of Education is specifically responsible for enforcing numerous federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance from the Department of Education. This includes all public education institutions—i.e., all state education agencies, elementary and secondary school systems, colleges and universities, vocational schools, and proprietary schools—as well as state vocational rehabilitation agencies, libraries, and museums that receive U.S. Department of Education funds. The federal laws that OCR enforces prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age. The agency is specifi
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