U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will launch the Outreach, Prevention, Education and Non-discrimination (OPEN) Center to Foster Proactive Compliance with Federal Civil Rights Laws

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U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will launch the Outreach, Prevention, Education and Non-discrimination (OPEN) Center to Foster Proactive Compliance with Federal Civil Rights Laws

On January 21, 2020, U.S. Secretary of Education DeVos announced that the Department’s Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) will launch the Outreach, Prevention, Education and Non-discrimination (OPEN) Center to foster proactive compliance with federal civil rights laws. The OPEN Center will assist schools by helping them come into compliance with federal civil rights laws prior to the filing of a complaint. This proactive approach will help ensure that schools are aware of their obligations under civil rights laws.

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