File a discrimination complaint with the US Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights

US Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR)

Information Status

The Office for Civil Rights enforces several Federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance from the Department of Education. If you feel you have witnessed or experienced a violation of student civil rights, you can file a complaint with the OCR.

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What to do next

Ways to connect

Visit this link - https://ocrcas.ed.gov/

Visit the link to file a complaint with OCR using OCR’s complaint assessment system.

Email ocr@ed.gov

Email OCR’s Discrimination Complaint Form or a signed letter.

Call 800-421-3481

Call to report any educational discrimination.

Details

ADA Accessible

Yes

Free

Yes

Available Languages

Amharic, Arabic, Bengali, Burmese, Cambodian, Cantonese, Croatian, Persian, French, Hindi, Hmong, Japanese, Karen, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Punjabi, Russian, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tagalog, Thai, Urdu, Vietnamese

National

United States

Eligibility requirements

Eligibility Requirements

The person who is the subject of the complaint must be a student.

Citizenship Requirements

No citizenship requirements

External Link:https://www2.ed.gov/about/contacts/gen/index.html?src=ft