AC: Nondiscrimination
Administrative Regulation: AC-AR
Code: AC
Adopted: 1/04/07
Revised/Readopted: 6/11/18
Orig. Code(s): AC
The district prohibits discrimination and harassment based on any basis protected by law, including but not limited to, an individual’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation[1], gender identity[2], gender expression[3], national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status, veterans’ status, or because of a perceived or actual association with any other persons within these protected classes.
The district prohibits discrimination and harassment in, but not limited to, employment, assignment and promotion of personnel; educational opportunities and services offered students; student assignment to schools and classes; student discipline; location and use of facilities; educational offerings and materials; and accommodating the public at public meetings.
The Board encourages staff to improve human relations within the schools, to respect all individuals and to establish channels through which community members can communicate their concerns to the administration and the Board.
The superintendent or designee shall appoint and make known the individuals to contact on issues concerning the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VI, Title VII, Title IX and other civil rights or discrimination issues[4]. The Board will adopt and the district will publish complaint procedures providing for prompt and equitable resolution of complaints from students, employees and the public.
The district prohibits retaliation and discrimination against an individual who has opposed any discrimination act or practice or because that person has filed a charge, testified, assisted or participated in an investigation, proceeding or hearing. The district further prohibits anyone from coercing, intimidating, threatening or interfering with an individual for exercising any rights guaranteed under state and federal law.
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[1]“Sexual orientation” means an individual’s actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality or gender identity, regardless of whether the individual’s gender identity, appearance, expression or behavior differs from that traditionally associated with the individual’s sex at birth.
[2]“Gender identity” refers to a person’s innate, personal (psychological) sense of being male or female, which may or may not correspond to the person’s body or gender designated at birth.
[3]“Gender expression” refers to a person’s external manifestation of gender identity and how it is presented to others, such as dress, grooming, mannerisms, behavior, voice, and social interactions.
[4]Districts shall notify students and employees of the name, office address and telephone number of the employee or employees appointed.
Legal Reference(s):
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ORS 174.100 ORS 192.630 ORS 326.051(1)(e) ORS 659.805 ORS 659.815 ORS 659.850 to -860 ORS 659.865 ORS 659.870 ORS 659A.003 |
ORS 659A.006 ORS 659A.009 ORS 659A.029 ORS 659A.030 ORS 659A.040 ORS 659A.103 to -145 ORS 659A.230 to -233 ORS 659A.236 ORS 659A.309 |
ORS 659A.321 ORS 659A.409 OAR 581-021-0045 OAR 581-021-0046 OAR 581-021-0049 OAR 581-022-2310 OAR 581-022-2370 |
Age Discrimination Act of 1975, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6101-6107 (2012).
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-634 (2012); 29 C.F.R Part 1626 (2017).
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12213 (2012); 29 C.F.R. Part 1630 (2017); 28 C.F.R. Part 35 (2017).
Equal Pay Act of 1963, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) (2012).
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 503, 791, 793-794 (2012).
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1683 (2012); Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance, 34 C.F.R. Part 106 (2017).
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d (2012).
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e (2012).
Wygant v. Jackson Bd. of Educ., 476 U.S. 267 (1989).
Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008.
The Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended, 38 U.S.C. § 4212 (2012). Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (2012).
Cross Reference(s):
ACA - Americans with Disabilities Act
GBA - Equal Employment Opportunity
JB - Equal Educational Opportunity
