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OCR and DOJ Send A Message to Higher Ed: Make Your Websites Accessible

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A recent “Dear Colleague” letter issued jointly by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education (OCR) places colleges and universities on notice of recent enforcement...more

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Additional gainful employment program disclosure requirements take effect 1 July 2019

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After granting institutions several extensions to comply with certain disclosure requirements of the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) "gainful employment" (GE) regulations, ED announced that beginning on 1 July 2019,...more

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Web Accessibility: OCR is Back, Is Your Website Ready?

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As we mentioned in our article last month, the November 2018 version of the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Case Processing Manual (CPM), deleted a section that was added in March 2018 that allowed...more

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OCR To Offer Webinars On Website Accessibility

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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced today it is launching a new technical assistance initiative to assist schools, school districts, state education agencies and libraries in making...more

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Increased Focus For School Website Accessibility

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Recently, website accessibility has become a hot topic for schools across the country. Over the last year, the United States Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights (OCR), has escalated the legal expectation that...more

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Dept. of Education extends comment period for new online complaint system

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The Department of Education has published a notice in the Federal Register extending the period for comments to be submitted on its plans to create a new Web site by July 1, 2016 for students and borrowers “to file complaints...more

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