Civil Rights Data Collection, 2009–10

The Civil Rights Data Collection is a biennial (i.e., every other school year) survey of public schools required by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) since 1968. The CRDC collects data on leading civil rights indicators related to access and barriers to educational opportunity from preschool through 12th grade.

The purpose of the CRDC is to obtain data authorized under the statutes and regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and under the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. § 3413). OCR collects data that are necessary to ensure compliance with civil rights laws within its jurisdiction. In order to do this, the CRDC collects a variety of information, including student enrollment and educational programs and services data that are disaggregated by race/ethnicity, sex, English learner (EL), and disability.