The District is committed to providing equal opportunity in all areas of admission, recruiting, hiring, retention, promotion, contracted services, and access to programs, services, activities, and facilities. The District further commits itself to the policy that there shall be no unlawful discrimination, harassment, or retaliation against any person because of race, color, religion, disability, age, sex, gender, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law. The District is an equal opportunity employer.
The District’s equal opportunity policy extends to prohibitions against discrimination, harassment, and retaliation of and against students or employees due to the individual’s race, color, religion, disability, age, sex, gender, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by law. The District strictly prohibits such unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation by its employees and students. The District also prohibits retaliatory action, harassment, or discrimination against individuals who make complaints of, report, or otherwise participate in the investigation of any such unlawful discrimination, harassment, or retaliation.
Persons who believe that they have been discriminated, harassed, and/or retaliated against in violation of this policy should report the alleged discrimination, harassment and/or retaliation to the Compliance Officer, unless the Compliance Officer is unavailable or the subject of the report. In that case, the report should be made directly to the alternative Compliance Officer (see Board Policy/Regulation 1310).
All employees, students, and visitors who have witnessed any incident or behavior that could constitute discrimination, harassment, or retaliation under this policy must immediately report such incident or behavior to the District’s Compliance Officer for investigation.
If a student alleges sexual misconduct on the part of any District employee to any person employed by the District, that person will immediately report the allegation to the Children’s Division (CD) of the Department of Social Services in accordance with state law.
All complaints of violation of this policy will be promptly investigated by the District, and appropriate action will be taken.
Public Notice
The superintendent or designee will continuously publicize the District’s policy prohibiting discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, and will disseminate information to employees, parents/guardians, and students, as well as to newly-enrolled students and newly-hired employees, regarding how to report discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.