Annual Report to Congress FY 2004 |MS Word (417 KB)| OVERVIEW OF
OCR COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM The Office for Civil
Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education (ED) is
responsible for enforcing five federal civil rights laws that
prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national
origin, sex, disability and age by recipients of federal
financial assistance. These laws are: - Title VI of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 (prohibiting discrimination based on race,
color and national origin); - Title IX of the Education
Amendments of 1972 (prohibiting sex discrimination); - Section
504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (prohibiting disability
discrimination); - The Age Discrimination Act of 1975
(prohibiting age discrimination); and - Title II of the
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (prohibiting disability
discrimination by public entities, e.g., public elementary and
secondary school systems, postsecondary schools, and vocational
education programs, whether or not they receive federal