 |
| Key OCR Staff
(May 05, 2009)
|
| List of key OCR staff. |
|
| Disability Discrimination
(Mar 27, 2009)
|
| This page links to resources concerning disability discrimination, including relevant laws and faqs. |
|
| Office for Civil Rights: What's New
(Mar 27, 2009)
|
| What's new on the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) website, upcoming events, and important notices. |
|
| Protecting Students With Disabilities
(Mar 27, 2009)
|
| Frequently Asked Questions about Section 504 requirements for the education by school districts of students with disabilities |
|
| Notice on Civil Rights Obligations Applicable to the Distribution of Funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(Mar 16, 2009)
|
| Federal agencies will shortly begin distributing funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). They must do so in accordance with all nondiscrimination and equal opportunity statutes, regulations, and Executive Orders that apply to the distribution of funds under the Recovery Act. |
|
| Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act
(Jan 27, 2009)
|
| OCR is charged with enforcing the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act, which prohibits discrimination in use of public school facilities by the Boy Scouts and certain other youth organizations specified by the law. |
|
| OCR Reading Room
(Jan 16, 2009)
|
| The Reading Room lists a variety of publications, most available online, that set forth the rights of students and others to be free from discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability and age. Commpliance information and helpful guidance for school and college administrators is also available. This document also serves as an eFOIA Index for OCR documents. |
|
| Dear Colleague Letter from Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Stephanie Monroe (PDF)
(Jan 13, 2009)
|
| Dear Colleague letter from Assistant Secretary Stephanie Monroe, concerning the obligation of recipients of federal financial assistance from, or funds made available through, the Department to submit a signed assurance of compliance with the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act and the other laws OCR enforces. Dated January 13, 2009. |
|
| Dear Colleague Letter from Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Stephanie Monroe (PDF)
(Jan 13, 2009)
|
| Dear Colleague letter from Assistant Secretary Stephanie Monroe, concerning the obligation of recipients of federal financial assistance from, or funds made available through, the Department to submit a signed assurance of compliance with the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act and the other laws OCR enforces. Dated January 13, 2009. |
|
| Dear Colleague letter from Stephanie Monroe, Assistant Secretary, Office for Civil Rights, dated January 8, 2009 (PDF)
(Jan 08, 2009)
|
| Dear Colleague Letter from Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Stephanie Monroe providing Chief State School Officers, State educational agencies, and local educational agencies with information to ensure the provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. (PDF) |
|
