On May 10, 2021, the US Department of Education (USDE)  and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released Confronting COVID-19-Related Harassment in Schools, a fact sheet for students and families. You may find this resource on the Office for Civil Rights website in English, Chinese-simplified, Chinese-traditional, Korean, Tagalog, and Vietnamese, with additional translations expected later this month. School officials are asked to share this document widely to help ensure that students and families are aware of their rights in school settings and of how to access help if needed, including from the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the Department of Education and the Civil Rights Division in the Department of Justice.

As President Biden wrote at the start of his presidency in his Memorandum Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States, “The Federal Government should combat racism, xenophobia, and intolerance against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and should work to ensure that all members of AAPI communities — no matter their background, the language they speak, or their religious beliefs — are treated with dignity and equity.”

This resource is one part of the work to counter racism and ensure equity and equal opportunity for all.