2260 - NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESS TO EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

Conneaut Area City School District

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2260 - NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESS TO EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

Any form of discrimination or harassment can be devastating to an individual's academic progress, social relationship and/or personal sense of self-worth. Therefore, the Board of Education will not discriminate nor tolerate harassment in its educational programs or activities for any reasons, including on the basis of religion, race, color, national origin, sex, disability, military status, ancestry, age, or genetic information. Additionally, it will not discriminate in its employment policies and practices.

The Board is committed to providing an equal opportunity for all students, regardless of race, color, creed, disability, religion, sex, ancestry, national origin, place of residence within the boundaries of the District, or social or economic background, to learn through the curriculum offered in this District.

In order to achieve the aforesaid goal, the Board directs the Superintendent to:

	A.	Curricula Content - review current and proposed curriculum guides and textbooks to detect any bias based upon race, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, or culture; ascertaining whether or not supplemental materials, singly or taken as a whole, fairly depict the contribution of both sexes, various races, ethnic groups, etc. toward the development of human society.
	B.	Staff Training - develop an ongoing program of in-service training for school personnel designed to identify and solve problems of racial, sexual, religious, national, cultural, or other bias in all aspects of the program.
	C.	Student Access - review current and proposed programs, activities, facilities, and practices to verify that all students have equal access thereto and are not segregated on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, disability, or national origin in any duty, work, play, classroom, or school practice, except as may be permitted under State and Federal laws and regulations.
	D.	District Support – verify that like aspects of the District receive the support as to staff size and compensation, purchase and maintenance of facilities and equipment, access to such facilities and equipment, and related matters.
	E.	Student Evaluation – verify that tests, procedures, and guidance and counseling materials, which are designed to evaluate student progress, rate aptitudes, analyze personality, or in any manner establish or tend to establish a category by which a student may be judged, are not differentiated or stereotyped on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, or national origin.

The Superintendent shall appoint and publicize the name of the compliance officer whose responsibility it will be to coordinate the District’s efforts to comply with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, including the District’s duty to address in a prompt and equitable manner any inquiries or complaints regarding discrimination or denial of equal access.

R.C. 3301.0711, 3302.01, 3302.03, 3313.61, 3313.611, 3313.612, 3317.03
A.C. 3301-35-02(A)
Fourteenth Amendment, U.S. Constitution
20 U.S.C. Section 1681, Title IX of Education Amendment Act
20 U.S.C. Section 1701 et seq., Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974
29 U.S.C. Section 794, Rehabilitation Act of 1973
42 U.S.C. Section 2000 et seq., Civil Rights Act of 1964
42 U.S.C. 2000ff et seq., The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq., The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
29 C.F.R. Part 1635
42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.
34 CFR Part 110 (7/27/93)
Vocational Education Program Guidelines for Eliminating Discrimination and Denial
of Services, Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, March 1979
Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

Revised 8/17/89
Revised 8/21/03
Revised 8/18/05
Revised 12/06
Revised 3/17/11