Title vi awareness campaign

(a) Title VI awareness campaign (1) In general The Secretary of Education, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education, shall carry out a public awareness campaign regarding the availability of all rights provided to individuals under title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.). (2) Awareness campaign The public awareness campaign shall include appealing visual and auditory elements and shall be updated annually and distributed to institutions of higher education for physical posting in 1 or more high traffic public places, such as student centers, and digital posting on 1 or more high traffic institution web pages, such as student services. The campaign shall utilize such methods and materials as necessary to maximize student accessibility. (3) Ability to contract The Secretary may carry out this subsection directly or through a contract with a nonprofit organization that has an established history handling public awareness communications campaigns for the Federal Government. (b) HEA amendments Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: (30) The institution— (A) has prominently displayed on the homepage of the institution a link to the webpage of the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education where an individual can submit a complaint regarding discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in violation of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.); and (B) will annually display and post the public awareness campaign materials created and distributed under section 2(a) of the Protecting Students on Campus Act of 2025 in high traffic public places on campus, such as student centers, and high traffic institution web pages, such as student services..