CREIGHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 14

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EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

LOCAL

The right of a student to participate fully in classroom instruction shall not be abridged or impaired because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, or any other reason not related to the student's individual capabilities.

The right of students to participate in extracurricular activities shall be dependent only upon their maintaining the minimum academic and behavioral standards established by the Board and their individual ability in the extracurricular activity.

GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE

The District is committed to investigating each complaint and to taking appropriate action on all confirmed policy violations.

The Superintendent shall be the compliance officer.  Any person who feels unlawfully discriminated against or to have been the victim of unlawful discrimination by an agent or employee of the District or who knows of such discrimination against another person should file a complaint with the Superintendent.  If the Superintendent is the one alleged to have unlawfully discriminated, the complaint shall be filed with the President of the Board.

The complaint must be filed within thirty (30) calendar days after the complaining party knew or should have known that there were grounds for a complaint/grievance.

Once the written complaint has been filed using the forms provided by the District, the Superintendent shall require the immediate supervisor or site administrator to investigate and respond in writing to the complaining party within five (5) working days.

If the immediate supervisor or site administrator does not respond, the Superintendent will have ten (10) additional working days to respond in writing to the complaining party.

If the Superintendent does not respond within the established time, then the complaining party may request in writing that the issue be brought before the Board.  The Board will then review the record of the investigation and have thirty (30) days to respond to the complaining party in writing.

If, after the initial investigation, the Superintendent has reason to believe that a policy violation has occurred, the Superintendent shall determine whether or not to hold an administrative hearing and/or recommend bringing the matter before the Board.

If the Superintendent's investigation reveals no reasonable cause to believe that policy has been violated, the Superintendent shall so inform the complaining party in writing.

TITLE IX COORDINATOR

The District designates and authorizes the Title IX coordinator for students to coordinate its efforts to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended.

ADA/SECTION 504 COORDINATOR

The District designates and authorizes the ADA/Section 504 coordinator for students to coordinate its efforts to comply with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended.

LEGAL
20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq., Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
20 U.S.C. 1681, Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX
20 U.S.C. 1703, Equal Educational Opportunities Act
29 U.S.C. 794, Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (Section 504)
42 U.S.C. 2000, Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended in 1972, Title VI, Title VII
42 U.S.C. 11301, McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 2001
Arizona Constitution, Act XI, Sec. 6