OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS REDUCES SCOPE OF INVESTIGATIONS TO MORE 'SWIFTLY' AND 'EFFICIENTLY' RESOLVE COMPLAINTS

The Chronicle of Higher Education recently reported that, on June 8, 2017, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) distributed an internal memo containing new guidance that will provide regional offices with discretion to significantly scale back the scope of OCR investigations for all types of cases, including sexual violence complaints. The memo notes that “[t]here is no longer a ‘one size fits all’ approach to the investigation of any category of complaints.”  Read the full article here. >>