FILE:  GAAA

Cf:  GAAB, GAE, GAEAA

Cf:  GAMC, GBC

 

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

 

 

It shall be the policy of the Monroe City School Board that all applicants for admission and employment, students, parents, or legal guardians of students, or employees, sources of referral of applicants and employment, and any and all entities having business with the School Board are hereby notified that the School Board does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, religion or veteran status in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities, including any notices required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 or Part 106 of Title 34 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations.  The School Board pledges to protect qualified applicants and employees with disabilities from discrimination in hiring, promotion, termination, pay, job training, fringe benefits, classification, referral, and other aspects of employment on the basis of disability.  The School Board shall also provide qualified applicants and employees with disabilities with reasonable accommodations that do not impose undue hardship.

 

The Superintendent or his/her designee shall have primary responsibility for investigating claims of discrimination made by any person.  If the Superintendent is accused of committing the alleged acts, then the complaint should be directed to/received by the President of the School Board {or the Vice President in his/her absence} who shall notify the School Board if an investigation is warranted.  In addition, the School Board retains the right to investigate such matters when not otherwise prohibited by state law or School Board policy.

 

All employees shall be responsible for complying with this policy.  Inquiries, concerns, or complaints related to any form of harassment or discrimination should be immediately reported to the immediate supervisor who, in turn, shall report the incident to the Superintendent and/or his/her designee.  If the supervisor is the alleged harasser or discriminator, or the employee does not wish to report the matter to his/her supervisor, the employee may submit the complaint directly to the Superintendent or his/her designee for appropriate inquiry including, when appropriate, investigation.  Except for complaints of sexual harassment of students, employees, and applicants, the investigation shall proceed in accordance with policy GAMC, Investigations Further, the School Board prohibits retaliation, as defined by the United States Code of Federal Regulations, against any individual for making a complaint under this policy or participating in the investigation of any such complaint.

 

Further, the School Board prohibits retaliation against any individual for making a complaint under this policy or participating in the investigation of any such complaint.

 

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

 

In accordance with federal and state statutes addressing nondiscrimination of disabled persons, namely Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the School Board attests that no qualified person with a disability shall, solely by reason of a disability, be denied the benefits of, be excluded from participation in, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity; nor shall a qualified person with a disability be subjected to discrimination in employment.

 

EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES PROHIBITED

 

Specifically, the following personnel employment practices are prohibited:

 

  1. Tests – Administration of any test or other criterion which has a disproportionately adverse effect on persons on the basis of gender, unless it is a valid predictor of job success and alternative tests or criterion are unavailable;

  2. Recruitment – Recruitment of employees from entities which furnish as applicants only or predominantly members of one gender, if such action has the effect of discriminating on the basis of gender;

  3. Compensation – Establishment of rates of pay on the basis of gender;

  4. Job Classification – Classification of jobs as being for males or females, unless gender is a bona fide occupational qualification for the particular job in question;

  5. Fringe Benefits – Provision of fringe benefits on basis of gender; all fringe benefit plans must treat males and females equally;

  6. Marital and Parental Status – Any action based on marital or parental status; pregnancies are considered temporary disabilities within the policy for leave of absence without pay for job-related purposes.  No inquiry shall be made by the district in job applications as to the marital status of an applicant, including whether such applicant is “Miss or Mrs.”.  But, inquiry may be made as to the gender of a job applicant for employment if made of all applicants and is not a basis for discrimination;

  7. Employment Activities – Any expression of preference, limitation, or specification based on gender, unless gender is a bona fide occupational qualification for the particular job in question.

 

Revised:  August 25, 2020

 

 

Ref:    U.S. Constitution, Amend. XIV, Sec.1

20 USC 1681 (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972)

29 USC 621 (Age Discrimination in Employment)

29 USC 623 (Age Discrimination Act of 1967)

29 USC 631 (Age limits)

29 USC 701 (Vocational Rehabilitation and Other Rehabilitation Services)

29 USC 705 (Rehabilitation Act of 1972)

29 USC 794 (Nondiscrimination under Federal Grants)

42 USC 2000d (1964 Civil Rights Act)

42 USC 12101 et seq. (Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990)

34 CFR 106 et seq. (Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance)

Constitution of Louisiana, Art. I, Sec. 3, Art. X, Sec. 10

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:111, 23:301, 23:302, 23:303, 23:311, 23:312, 23:314, 23:322, 23:323, 23:324, 23:332, 23:334, 23:342, 23:352, 23:368

Griggs v. Duke Power Company, 91 S.Ct. 849 (1979)

Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, 419 F.2d 1211 (5th Cir. 1979)

Board minutes, 2-6-02, 3-7-06, 8-25-20

 

Monroe City School Board