Office for Civil Rights Adds 18 More Cases to "Recent Resolution Search" Database
OCR adds 18 findings and agreements to its 2026 list. None address disability discrimination, the majority have broken links, and those with accessible links were issued in 2025, not 2026.
February 24, 2026, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) added 18 investigation findings and resolution agreements to its “Office for Civil Rights Recent Resolution Search” database. This brings the number of case resolutions listed under 2026 to 27.
All 18 of the newly posted cases focus on race and national‑origin discrimination at colleges and universities. None address disability discrimination. In addition, the majority of the links are broken—and the seven with working links were issued September 23, 2025, rather than 2026. The case numbers themselves contain “25,” suggesting the underlying complaints were received in late 2024 or during 2025.
Why This Still Relates to Disability Discrimination
Public accountability requires accurate and accessible records.
OCR doesn’t publish press releases for most findings, and its database lacks a “recently added” filter. This makes tracking new additions to its site difficult since they aren’t published chronologically. For example, some 2024 findings and resolutions didn’t appear online until mid-2025. With cases listed only by agreement date or party name—not by upload date—there’s no way to track what was actually posted when. This forces families and advocates into a daily scavenger hunt just to monitor federal enforcement of disability rights—and it forces them to rely on the education agencies being forthcoming with information.
Journalists and advocates who rely on the year‑by‑year listings can easily misreport enforcement trends when cases are filed under the wrong year. When there are only a handful of 2026 cases, mistakes are obvious. As the list grows, errors are harder to spot. The discrepency brings into question the numbers under previous years. Are they correct or do we pull numbers and hope they are right?
We need OCR web folks to apply the same attention to detail that we expect from the lawyers investigating cases.
What’s New as of February 24, 2026
Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Letter and agreement with Emory University entered into on N/A.
Idaho:
Letter and agreement with Boise State University entered into on N/A.
Indiana
Letter and agreement with Notre Dame entered into on N/A.
Illinois
Letter and agreement with University of Chicago entered into on N/A.
Kentucky
Louisiana
Letter and agreement with Tulane University entered into on N/A.
Maryland
Massachusetts
Minnesota
Letter and agreement with University of Minnesota entered into on N/A.
New York
North Carolina:
Letter and agreement with Duke University entered into on N/A.
Pennsylvania:
South Carolina:
Letter and agreement with Clemson University entered into on N/A.
Texas:
Letter and agreement with Rice University entered into on N/A.
Utah
Letter and agreement with University of Utah entered into on N/A.
Wyoming
Letter and agreement with University of Wyoming entered into on N/A.