Protecting Students’ Civil Rights Act

Bill: 117-hr-5685
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Aguilar, Pete [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2021-10-22
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2021-10-22
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-10-22
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Protecting Students' Civil Rights Act</strong></p> <p>This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) to take certain actions to ensure compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in federally funded programs or activities.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill requires an IHE to designate at least one employee to coordinate compliance with federal civil rights.</p> <p>In addition, an IHE must (1) annually submit to the Department of Education a report that includes all complaints alleging discrimination and make such report publicly available; and (2) provide students and employees with the contact information of the designated employee, the report, the enforcement policies of the IHE, and the procedures for reporting and investigating complaints.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5685 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 22, 2021 Mr. Aguilar (for himself, Miss González-Colón , Ms. Pressley , Ms. Clarke of New York , and Mr. Carson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To require institutions of higher education to designate at least one employee to coordinate compliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Students’ Civil Rights Act . 2. Compliance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1094(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (30) The institution will— (A) designate at least one employee to coordinate compliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq. ), including any investigation of any complaint alleging— (i) noncompliance with such title; and (ii) any actions prohibited by such title; (B) annually submit a report to the Secretary that includes all complaints described in subparagraph (A) with respect to such institution; (C) make the report under subparagraph (B) publicly available on the internet website of the institution; and (D) notify students and employees of— (i) the name, office address, and telephone number of each employee designated under subparagraph (A); (ii) the report under subparagraph (B); (iii) the enforcement policies of the institution with respect to such title; and (iv) the procedure for reporting and investigating complaints under such title. .