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Discrimination
Discrimination Complaints
The board encourages all complaints regarding the district to be resolved at the lowest possible level. Whenever a complaint is made directly to the board as a whole or to a board member as an individual, it will be referred to the administration for study and possible action.
Discrimination against any individual on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or religion in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in the district's programs and activities is prohibited. Dr. Brian Pekarek has been designated to coordinate compliance with nondiscrimination requirements contained in Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Information concerning the provisions of these Acts and the rights provided thereunder are available from the compliance coordinator.
Complaints by a student should be addressed to the building principal or the compliance coordinator. Complaints about discrimination will be resolved through the following complaint procedure:
• A complaint should be filed in writing and contain the name and address of the person filing the complaint. The complaint should briefly describe the alleged violation.
• A complaint should be filed within thirty (30) days after the alleged violation.
• If appropriate, an investigation shall follow the filing of the complaint. If the complaint is against the superintendent, the board shall appoint an investigation officer. In other instances, the investigation shall be conducted by the building principal. The investigation shall be informal but thorough. All interested persons, including the complainant and the person against whom the complaint is lodged, will be afforded an opportunity to submit evidence, written or oral, relevant to the complaint to the investigator.
• A written determination of the complaint's validity and a description of the resolution shall be issued by the investigator and a copy forwarded to the complainant no later than thirty (30) days after the filing of the complaint.
• Records relating to complaints, filed and their resolution, shall be maintained in a confidential manner by the compliance coordinator.
• The complainant may appeal the resolution of the complaint to the person responsible for handling appeals, or to the board if the complaint was against the superintendent. The request to appeal the resolution shall be made within thirty
(30) days after the date of the written resolution of the complaint at the lower level. The appeal officer shall review the evidence gathered by the investigator and the investigator's report shall afford the complainant and the person against whom the complaint is filed an opportunity to submit further evidence, written or orally, within thirty (30) days after the appeal is filed. The appeal officer will issue a written determination of the complaint's validity and a description of its resolution within thirty (30) days after the appeal is filed.
• Use of this complaint procedure is not a prerequisite to the pursuit of any other remedies. The superintendent or building principal involved shall report any unresolved complaint about a student to the board at the next regularly scheduled board meeting.
