Office of Civil Rights

This guidance clarifies the obligation of schools to provide students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with equal educational opportunity under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

This Dear Colleague Letter emphasizes that students, regardless of their sex, must have equal access to the range of career and technical programs offered. 

This policy fact sheet supports educators and community leaders as they work to protect all students from discrimination and to create safe and supportive learning environments. 

This report presents the findings of the Review Panel on Prison Rape. 

This report describes OCR’s efforts during the last year to protect students’ civil rights and increase educational equity.

On February 25, 2015, OCR and the Choice Program at UMBC partnered to host a symposium on supporting the education of young people in juvenile justice settings. At the event, young people who have had brushes with the law shared how the Choice Program is helping them to turn their lives around. 

Guidance from OCR advises schools on how to offer single-sex classes (PDF, 36 pages) while complying with Title IX. Presented in a question-and-answer format, the guidance addresses common scenarios that schools may face when designing single-sex programs.