**Sex Discrimination (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972)**

On April 6, 2023, the U.S. Department of Education released for public comment its proposed amendment to the Department’s regulation implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The proposed amendment aims to advance Title IX’s longstanding goal of ensuring equal opportunity based on sex in athletics and would provide much needed clarity for students, parents, coaches, and schools. The Department’s notice of proposed rulemaking will be open for public comment until May 15, 2023. 

- Unofficial version of the NPRM submitted to the Federal Register on  April 6, 2023    PDF  (1.8M)
- Fact Sheet    PDF  (209K)
- The  NPRM  was published in the Federal Register on April 13, 2023     PDF  (406K)
- Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at  https://www.regulations.gov/document/ED-2022-OCR-0143-0001

**Disability Discrimination (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act)**

On May 6, 2022, OCR announced that it intends to propose amendments to the Department’s regulations at 34 C.F.R. pt. 104, implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.   As part of this process, OCR is seeking written suggestions from the public about how best to improve the current regulations. **It would be appreciated if longer and more detailed comments were submitted by the end of June 2022, but all comments submitted prior to the issuance of any notice of proposed rulemaking will be reviewed.** Instructions and cautions are below.

**INSTRUCTIONS:**

- Send your comments to  Section504@ed.gov . 
- If you are submitting attachments with your email, the Department strongly encourages you to submit attachments in Microsoft Word format. If you must submit a comment in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), the Department strongly encourages you to convert the PDF to “print-to-PDF” format, or to use some other commonly used searchable text format. Please do not submit the PDF in a scanned format. Using a print-to-PDF format allows the Department to electronically search and copy certain portions of your submissions and will make them more accessible when made available for public viewing.
- If you do not have internet access or electronic submission is not possible, you may mail written comments to: U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Bldg., 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-1100.

**CAUTIONS:**

- Be careful to include only  information, including personal information, that you are comfortable  making publicly available. The Department may make all  emails and attachments received at  Section504@ed.gov  available for public  viewing without redactions.
- Emails received at  Section504@ed.gov  will not be treated as complaints. If you wish to file a complaint alleging that an educational institution engaged in discrimination on the basis of disability, please follow the  complaint-filing instructions  available on our website. 
- Do not submit questions or inquiries to  Section504@ed.gov .  Receipt of your email will be acknowledged, but questions and inquiries will not be responded to.  Questions should be directed to  OCR@ed.gov .
- Do not submit comments focused on OCR’s handling of particular pending complaints filed with OCR to  Section504@ed.gov .  They will not be individually responded to.  Such comments should be directed to the appropriate OCR regional office responsible for the complaint.

# Regulations