8130 - Equal Education Opportunities

Policy:  Equal Education Opportunities	Policy Number: 8130
Date of Original Policy: 07/10/2002	Date Revision Adopted: 02/03/2021
Reviewed by Policy Committee: 01/13/2021	Date of Next Review: 03/18/2024
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It is the policy of the District that each student shall have equal educational opportunities and will not be excluded or prevented from participating in or having admittance to the educational courses, programs or activities; school services; and extracurricular events on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sex, sexual orientation, or gender (including gender identity or expression).

Administration shall establish grievance procedures that provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of complaints pertaining to discrimination on the nature of bias or biases involved whether the discrimination or harassment was based on actual or perceived race, color, weight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice, disability, sex, sexual orientation, or gender (gender identity or expression).

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 United States Code (USC)  Section 2000-e, et seq. – Prohibits discrimination on  the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 United States Code (USC)  Section 2000-d, et seq. – Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color or national origin.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 United States Code (USC)  Section 794 et seq.
The Americans With Disabilities Act, 42 United States Code (USC) Section 12101 et seq. – Prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 United States Code (USC)  Section 1681 et seq. – Prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex.