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Monitoring

To ensure accountability and effectiveness in  enforcing the civil rights laws, OCR monitors complaint and compliance review  resolution agreements to ensure the commitments made by school districts,  colleges, universities, and other appropriate entities, in those agreements are  carried out.  During FY 2005, OCR  monitored 1,838 resolution agreements.   Following are some examples of cases monitored in FY 2005 demonstrating  OCR’s impact on both individual students and groups of students.

-  Pursuant  to a resolution agreement with OCR, a school district is now providing girls with  locker room facilities equivalent to boys and ensuring equivalent practice  facilities, coaching and practice time, competition uniforms, and trainer  availability to both male and female athletes during practices and scheduled  games. 

|  **. . . [T]he diligence and professionalism  of [the OCR investigator’s] efforts to resolve this matter...were exemplary and  will provide this child with greater opportunity for success.**

***Letter  from an assistant superintendent      to OCR, 2005*** |
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-  Students  with disabilities, who were enrolled at a college and who were clients of the  state’s vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency, had not received requested  academic adjustments and, as a result, were not able to participate effectively  in the college’s academic programs.   Consistent with the OCR resolution agreement, the college worked with  the state VR agency to develop a process for   1) sharing responsibility for ensuring academic adjustments are provided  to students with disabilities; 2) submitting required documentation of services  in a timely manner; and 3) designating a campus liaison to coordinate services  for VR students with disabilities.  
-  In  response to an OCR complaint resolution agreement, a school district issued  letters of apology to the parents of Latino students who were discriminated  against in school disciplinary actions, provided nondiscrimination training to  its staff, reviewed policies and procedures to ensure nondiscriminatory  treatment in future student discipline incidents, and sent a notice to all  parents in the district on how to bring discrimination concerns to the  attention of district authorities and how to use the district’s complaint  procedures. 

-  A  school district discriminated against students with disabilities by organizing  its bus transportation schedule in a way that resulted in shortened school days  for students with disabilities.  OCR  ensured the school district changed its bus schedule to allow for a full school  day for these students, who also were provided compensatory educational services  for instructional time missed due to the previous early dismissals.

| **Although we would never say we are happy to be subject of a complaint, we genuinely appreciate the pleasant and professional demeanor with which you and your colleagues conducted your site visit. We also appreciate your willingness to talk about ways [we] might be able to address some other accommodation challenges that our institution is facing. Thank you.**
***Comment  by a university official to OCR, 2005*** |
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-  A  large urban school district agreed to make magnet school programs at 19  elementary schools and two high schools accessible to students with mobility  impairments.  OCR determined the  district made substantial renovations at the 21 schools by installing ramps,  elevators, visual alarms, computerized card catalogs and signage, and by making  boys’ and girls’ restrooms accessible.  
-  A  community college discriminated against a student who uses a wheelchair by  applying eligibility criteria for attending an annual student government  conference different from the criteria applied to students without  disabilities. OCR monitored an agreement in which the college agreed to provide  reasonable accommodations for the student, who attended the conference. 

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