OCR and OCTAE Program Memorandum, Career and Technical Education and Methods of Administration

The U.S. Department of Education’s (Department’s) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education (OCTAE) are pleased to jointly issue the attached updated Memorandum of Procedures (MOP) for State agencies responsible for the administration of career and technical education (CTE) to use in developing the “methods of administration and related procedures” they will follow in carrying out their civil rights obligations under the “Guidelines for Eliminating Discrimination and Denial of Services on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin, Sex and Handicap in Vocational Education Programs” (MOA Guidelines) (34 C.F.R. Part 100, Appendix B). This document supersedes and replaces the prior Memorandum of Procedures issued in July 1979, and rescinds prior guidance issued in the form of “Dear Colleague” letters regarding the Methods of Administration (MOA) program.1 This updated MOP does not affect or alter the 1979 MOA Guidelines.