U.S. Department of Education office responsible for preventing discrimination in education
Office for Civil Rights
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Headquarters
Washington, D.C.
Agency executive
Catherine E. Lhamon[1], Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
Parent department
U.S. Department of Education
Key documents
Department of Education Organization Act
20 U.S.C. § 3413, § 3441
Website
ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr
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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.
^"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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