- UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Office for Civil Rights
March 16, 2020
Fact Sheet:
Addressing the Risk of COVID-19 in Schools
While Protecting the Civil Rights of Students
The U.S.
- Department of Education (Department) has established a working group to provide information and
resources to parents, students, teachers, schools, and school personnel related to the possible outbreak of COVID-19
(“coronavirus”) in school districts and postsecondary schools.
- Compliance with CDC’s recommendations should not create civil rights concerns.
- Information regarding these federal civil rights laws and regulations and other
important documents can be found at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offic...
OCR-Coronavirus-Fact-Sheet.pdf 
