U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights:

Contact Information:

U.S. Department of Education for Civil Rights
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/index.html 

The OCR office for California is located at: 

San Francisco Office 
Office for Civil Rights 
U.S. Department of Education 
50 United Nations Plaza 
Mail Box 1200, Room 1545 
San Francisco, CA 94102 
Telephone: 415-486-5555 
FAX: 415-486-5570; TDD: 800-877-8339 
Email: ocr.sanfrancisco@ed.gov 

How to File a Title IX Complaint with the Office of Civil Rights:

Online: You may file a complaint with OCR using OCR’s electronic complaint form at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html.

Mail or Facsimile: You may mail or send by facsimile information to the address or phone number above.  You may use OCR’s OCR Discrimination Complaint Form or write your own letter.  If you write your own letter, please include:

• The complainant’s name, address and, if possible (although not required), a telephone number where the complainant may be reached during business hours;
• Information about the person(s) or class of persons injured by the alleged discriminatory act(s) (names of the injured person(s) are not required);
• The name and location (city and state) of the institution that committed the alleged discriminatory act(s); and
• A description of the alleged discriminatory act(s) in sufficient detail to enable OCR to understand what occurred, when it occurred, and the basis for the alleged discrimination.

Email: You may email the OCR Discrimination Complaint Form or your own signed letter to ocr.sanfrancisco@ed.gov. If you write your own letter, please include the information identified above.

For those without current email accounts, Internet access may be freely available from your local public library, and free email accounts are available from several large providers.

Note: A recipient of federal financial assistance may not retaliate against any person who has made a complaint, testified, assisted or participated in any manner in an OCR matter or to interfere with any right or privilege protected by the laws enforced by OCR. If you believe that you have been retaliated against for any of these reasons, you also may file a complaint with OCR.