USDoE Releases 13-14 Report

The USDoE Office of Civil Rights recently released its report to the President, Secretary of Education, and Congress detailing the Office for Civil Rights’ activities in fiscal years (FY) 2013 and 2014. Highlights include:

• resolved nearly 20,000 cases;
• increased transparency by posting more resolution agreements than ever on its website;
• released a new, universal Civil Rights Data Collection covering nearly every public school and district in the nation; and
• wrote and released 11 comprehensive policy guidance documents to remind schools and other institutions of their legal obligations under federal civil rights laws.

You can find the report on OCR’s website.