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Headquarters | Washington, D.C. |
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Parent department | U.S. Department of Education |
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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.