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H.R. 8994 116th Congress House

Restoring Students’ Right to Appeal Act of 2020

Official title: To amend the Department of Education Organization Act to permit appeals of certain determinations made by the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Educa… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Department of Education Organization Act to permit appeals of certain determinations made by the Office of Civil Rights of the Department of Education made with respect to complaints filed between March 5, 2018, and November 18, 2018.

Introduced: December 16, 2020 Introduced by: Lauren Underwood Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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 Latest action December 16, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Restoring Students' Right to Appeal Act of 2020

This bill permits individuals who filed a complaint between March 5-November 18, 2018, with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Education and who received an investigative determination of insufficient evidence, to file an appeal with the OCR. (In March 2018, the OCR revised its procedures for investigating and resolving civil rights complaints. One revision included removing the process for appealing insufficient evidence determinations. The OCR reversed this decision in its November 2018 update.)

Further, the bill requires the OCR to conduct outreach to inform individuals of their right to appeal.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Dec 16, 2020
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Carson, André
Indiana · Dec 16, 2020
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Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Dec 16, 2020
Kildee, Daniel
· Dec 16, 2020
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Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Dec 16, 2020
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Dec 16, 2020
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Dec 16, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8994: Restoring Students’ Right to Appeal Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8994/
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"H.R. 8994: Restoring Students’ Right to Appeal Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8994/.
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