Executive Summary. An estimated 1.7% of youth (aged 13-19) and 0.3% of adults in the United States identify as transgender. 1 Applying these percentages to the number of youth and adults living in North Carolina indicates that the state is home to approximately 15,600 transgender youth aged 13-19 and 22,200 adults aged 20 and older. 2 House Bill 2/Session Law 2016-3 3 (HB2) requires state and Office for Civil Rights US Department of Education 8th Floor 5 Post Office Square Boston, MA 02109-3921 Telephone: 617-289-0111 FAX: 617-289-0150; TDD: 877-521-2172 Email: OCR.Boston@ed.gov (Updated 2015 Case, Processing Manual) Also effective late last week, the Department made a round of revisions to its Case Processing Manual ("CPM"). OCR's CPM is the document that outlines the process used to evaluate "During the investigation, OCR is neutral; OCR will collect and analyze the evidence it needs to make a decision about your complaint. OCR will ensure that its investigation is legally sufficient and addresses each allegation as required by OCR's Case Processing Manual." In March, 2018, the federal Department of Education amended the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Case Processing Manual unilaterally and without public notice and comment. The changes include new provisions to mandatorily dismiss certain complaints and the elimination of complainants' right to appeal OCR decisions. In 2015, I learned that section 302 of OCR's Case Processing Manual (CPM), and OCR determined it was appropriate to do so. The legal standards, facts gathered, and the reasons for OCR's determinations are 2015. For background purposes, OCR has included some facts that extend beyond this date.1 Issues 1 and 2: Whether the District denied a FAPE to two students that the College discriminated against Student A based on sex, in the 2014-2015 school year, when it failed to promptly and equitably respond to her report of sexual assault committed Pursuant to Section 108(h) of OCR's Case Processing Manual (CPM), OCR will dismiss an allegation, or, if appropriate, the complaint in its entirety, when states of dr. ana mari cauce interim president united states department of education office for civil rights 915 2nd ave., suite 3310 seattle, wa 98174-1099 june 1, 2015 region x alaska american samoa guam hawaii idaho montana nevada northern mariana islands oregon washington university of washington 301 gerberding hall box 351230 seattle, … "It's worth noting that in 2015 - during the Obama Administration - the Office of Civil Rights found that a similarly racially-segregated event in a Chicago-area school was a civil rights violation," PDE President Nicole Neily said in an email to the DCNF. "Segregating children on the basis of immutable characteristics such as skin color is both immoral and unconstitutional. CEs for Educators and Teachers. WASHINGTON — As part of its ongoing work to protect students' civil rights and effectively, efficiently and fairly investigate civil rights complaints, today the U.S. Department of Education announced additional improvements to the Office for Civil Rights' (OCR) Case Processing Manual (CPM). Reagan Reese July 15, 2022 1 VIEWS The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR) plans to investigate a New York City middle school for allegedly segregating students by race to "undo the legacy of racism," according to a letter sent from the OCR to a parents group Wednesday. Reagan Reese July 15, 20