Office for Civil Rights

Office for Civil Rights
Agency overview
Headquarters	Washington, D.C., US
Agency executive	Catherine E. Lhamon, 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	www.ed.gov/about/ed-offices/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. The office lost nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs.