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Magnet Schools Assistance Program

 The Magnet Schools Assistance program (MSAP), administered by the Department's  Office of Innovation and Improvement, provides financial assistance to school  districts that are seeking to improve educational programs and to reduce, prevent  or eliminate minority group isolation. The program provides three-year grants  for the enhancement or establishment of magnet schools. The assistant secretary  for civil rights is required to certify that applicant school districts will  meet nondiscrimination assurances specified in the MSAP statute. OCR also assesses  whether applicants' MSAP plans are consistent with Title VI of the *Civil  Rights Act of 1964*. 

 During FY 2004, OCR provided technical assistance and certified new three-year  awards for 50 school districts. OCR concluded that one district could not meet  the nondiscrimination assurances required under the MSAP statute. OCR also  reviewed and certified the annual reports of two districts already receiving  MSAP assistance. As necessary, OCR also provided technical assistance to several  MSAP recipients in complying with civil rights statutes as well as program  goals. 

Equal Opportunity in Vocational Education

 Under OCR's Vocational Education Programs Guidelines, state  vocational education agencies are responsible for conducting civil rights reviews  and other compliance activities with their subrecipient schools and programs  and reporting to OCR about these activities. State vocational education agency  reports are submitted biennially to OCR. In FY 2004, OCR responded to more  than 30 state agency reports by providing suggestions for enhancing the effectiveness  of agencies' compliance and enforcement activities in improving student access  to vocational education programs on the basis of race, color, national origin,  sex, and disability. During the two years covered by these reports, state agencies  conducted more than 300 compliance reviews, 80 percent of which resulted in  corrective action and improved opportunities for students. 

 OCR also conducts a four-day training conference each year for state agency  civil rights staff on the procedures and techniques state agencies should use  in conducting their civil rights compliance reviews and reporting to OCR. Training  also is provided about program requirements and investigation techniques applicable  to various complex civil rights issues. 

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