Office for Civil Rights

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civil rights enforcement agency federal agency

The Office for Civil Rights is a federal agency within the U.S. Department of Education responsible for enforcing civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in educational programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights 2
Office for Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education) 1
Office for Civil Rights of HHS 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil rights enforcement agency ⓘ
federal agency ⓘ
abbreviation OCR ⓘ
activity collecting and analyzing civil rights data from schools ⓘ
conducting compliance reviews of educational institutions ⓘ
issuing policy guidance on civil rights in education ⓘ
negotiating voluntary resolution agreements with institutions ⓘ
providing technical assistance to schools and colleges ⓘ
referring matters to the U.S. Department of Justice when necessary ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
employer civil rights attorneys ⓘ
civil rights compliance specialists ⓘ
investigators ⓘ
policy analysts ⓘ
enforces Age Discrimination Act of 1975 ⓘ
Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act ⓘ
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 ⓘ
surface form: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Americans with Disabilities Act ⓘ
surface form: Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Title IX ⓘ
surface form: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ⓘ
goal eliminate discrimination in education programs and activities ⓘ
promote systemic change to improve civil rights compliance ⓘ
protect individual students’ civil rights ⓘ
hasParentAgency United States Department of Education ⓘ
jurisdiction United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

educational institutions receiving federal financial assistance ⓘ
locatedIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
oversightOf charter schools receiving federal funds ⓘ
colleges and universities receiving federal funds ⓘ
local educational agencies receiving federal funds ⓘ
public schools receiving federal funds ⓘ
state educational agencies receiving federal funds ⓘ
vocational schools receiving federal funds ⓘ
partOf United States Department of Education ⓘ
responsibleFor enforcing federal civil rights laws in education ⓘ
ensuring equal access to education ⓘ
investigating civil rights complaints in education ⓘ
monitoring compliance with civil rights laws in education ⓘ
resolving civil rights complaints in education ⓘ
subjectArea age discrimination in education ⓘ
civil rights in education ⓘ
disability rights in education ⓘ
national origin discrimination in education ⓘ
nondiscrimination in federally funded education programs ⓘ
race discrimination in education ⓘ
religious discrimination in certain educational contexts ⓘ
sex discrimination in education ⓘ
website https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Educational Opportunities Section → collaboratesWith → Office for Civil Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 → enforcedBy → Office for Civil Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights
Title IX → enforcedBy → Office for Civil Rights ⓘ
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 → enforcedBy → Office for Civil Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights
ED → hasComponent → Office for Civil Rights ⓘ
United States Department of Education → hasDivision → Office for Civil Rights ⓘ
USED → oversees → Office for Civil Rights ⓘ
United States Secretary of Education → oversees → Office for Civil Rights ⓘ
this entity surface form: Office for Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education)
this entity surface form: Office for Civil Rights of HHS