Narrative: c. 1. B.

All Perkins IV eligible recipient plans are reviewed by the Office of the Chancellor and Minnesota Department of Education to ensure that discrimination against members of special populations in learning, student support services, and physical accessibility is not apparent in written goals, objectives, and strategies.

Secondary: The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) is required to submit to the United States Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR), a Biennial Civil Rights Compliance Report. It is MDE’s responsibility to conduct comprehensive on–site reviews of school districts to address issues of discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex and disability in vocational education programs. The strategies that have been undertaken under Perkins III will continue under Perkins IV. Equity Specialists within the Minnesota Department of Education review one–fourth of Minnesota schools districts annually.

Postsecondary: Two–day on–site reviews, in accordance with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) regulations, are conducted on campuses within the colleges of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. On–site reviews are currently conducted on four colleges each year. The goal under Perkins IV is to conduct reviews at 20 percent of the recipient colleges annually. Each college on–site review is administered through the Office of Diversity and Multiculturalism at the Office of the Chancellor. The review covers specific safeguards for special populations defined within the Perkins Act, Title VI (Civil Rights), Title IX (Sex Equity), and Sec 504 (Disability), and Vocational Education.