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Office for Civil Rights
Agency overview
HeadquartersWashington, D.C.
Agency executive
  • Catherine E. Lhamon[1], Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
Parent departmentU.S. Department of Education
Key documents
  • Department of Education Organization Act
  • 20 U.S.C. § 3413, § 3441
Websiteed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is a sub-agency of the U.S. Department of Education that is primarily focused on enforcing civil rights laws prohibiting schools from engaging in discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or membership in patriotic youth organizations.

  1. ^ "Catherine Lhamon, Assistant Secretary, Office for Civil Rights; Biography". U.S. Department of Education. November 17, 2021. Retrieved March 31, 2022.

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