H.R. 8994 · 116th Congress
Restoring Students’ Right to Appeal Act of 2020
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This bill permits individuals who filed a complaint between March 5-November 18, 2018, with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Education and who received an investigative determination of insufficient evidence, to file an appeal with the OCR.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Dec 16, 2020
Restoring Students' Right to Appeal Act of 2020
This bill permits individuals who filed a complaint between March 5-November 18, 2018, with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Education and who received an investigative determination of insufficient evidence, to file an appeal with the OCR. (In March 2018, the OCR revised its procedures for investigating and resolving civil rights complaints. One revision included removing the process for appealing insufficient evidence determinations. The OCR reversed this decision in its November 2018 update.)
Further, the bill requires the OCR to conduct outreach to inform individuals of their right to appeal.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Restoring Students’ Right to Appeal Act of 2020
Latest action (Dec 16, 2020): Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Policy area: Education · Origin: House · Introduced: Dec 16, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.