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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Office for Civil Rights
|OrganizationType=Executive Departments (Sub-organization)
|Mission=The Office for Civil Rights ensures equal access to education and promotes educational excellence through vigorous enforcement of civil rights. It works to eliminate discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, and age in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education.
|ParentOrganization=U.S. Department of Education
|CreationLegislation=Department of Education Organization Act of 1979
|Employees=560
|Budget=$120 million (Fiscal Year 2024)
|OrganizationExecutive=Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
|Services=Complaint resolution; Compliance reviews; Policy development; Technical assistance; Training
|Regulations=Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Age Discrimination Act of 1975; Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act
|HeadquartersLocation=38.88649, -77.01873
|HeadquartersAddress=400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202, USA
|Website=https://www.ed.gov/ocr
}}
{{Use American English|date = March 2019}}
{{Use American English|date = March 2019}}
{{Short description|U.S. Department of Education office responsible for preventing discrimination in education}}
{{Short description|U.S. Department of Education office responsible for preventing discrimination in education}}
{{Organization
 
|OrganizationName= Office for Civil Rights
|OrganizationType= Executive Departments (Sub-organization)
|Mission= The Office for Civil Rights ensures equal access to education and promotes educational excellence through vigorous enforcement of civil rights. It works to eliminate discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, and age in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education.
|OrganizationExecutive= Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
|Employees= 560
|Budget= $120 million (Fiscal Year 2024)
|Website= https://www.ed.gov/ocr
|Services= Complaint resolution; Compliance reviews; Policy development; Technical assistance; Training
|ParentOrganization= U.S. Department of Education
|CreationLegislation= Department of Education Organization Act of 1979
|Regulations= Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Age Discrimination Act of 1975; Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act
|HeadquartersLocation= 38.887379, -77.006799
|HeadquartersAddress= 400 Maryland Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20202, USA
}}
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