{"id":605902,"date":"2024-05-10T16:13:41","date_gmt":"2024-05-10T20:13:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=605902"},"modified":"2024-05-10T16:13:41","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T20:13:41","slug":"office-of-equity-inclusion-office-of-civil-rights-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/office-of-equity-inclusion-office-of-civil-rights-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Office of Equity &#038; Inclusion: Office of Civil Rights Message"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.primary-category {display:none !important;} .r_posts {display:none !important;}<\/style>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on May 10 issued another <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.ed.gov\/about\/offices\/list\/ocr\/letters\/colleague-202405-shared-ancestry.pdf\" data-outlook-id=\"bedb5da4-a7cc-4291-8ad2-d0765c9e4034\">Dear Colleague Letter<\/a> to reinforce education institutions\u2019 response obligations under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 concerning harassment and discrimination in schools based on race, color or national origin, which includes shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics. 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