Our Purpose

The ICCB is mandated by the USDE, Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to conduct annual reviews of a specified number of community colleges receiving federal Perkins funding.  ICCB is required to

• monitor sub-recipients for civil rights compliance
• Collect and analyze civil rights info and data
• Conduct periodic compliance reviews
• Provide technical assistance
• Report activities and findings to OCR

Civil Rights reviews are conducted by a team of state staff and are designed to assist colleges in meeting the requirements of the civil rights laws and help colleges avoid a full scale OCR audit.