ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses extensively on the US Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Data Collection and nondiscriminatory policies, and places them within the context of underrepresentation and possible discrimination in gifted education. It acknowledges the reality of various types of giftedness (e.g., as described by Howard Gardner, Joseph Renzulli, Robert Sternberg, and others), and its contextual and cultural nature. Formulas to calculate underrepresentation and inequity are described, along with sample student vignettes and scenarios for different school contexts and the extensive legal case of one school district, all of which are discussed with the foremost goal of recruiting Black and Hispanic students in gifted education. The Office for Civil Rights is responsible for enforcing five federal Civil Rights laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, and age by recipients of federal financial assistance.
