Further, the district affirms the rights of all students and staff to be treated with respect and to be protected from intimidation, discrimination, physical harm and/or harassment based upon ethnicity, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, or disability.
Avoiding unlawful discrimination requires the collaborative responsibility of each administrator, supervisor, employee, and student to affirm in actions and deeds the intent and spirit of governing laws and regulations. Toward this end, the district will assist management, staff, and students to implement the district's good faith intent not to discriminate in the district’s employment and educational opportunities.
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA") provides that no qualified disabled person shall, on the basis of disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to, discrimination under any program or activity which receives or benefits from federal financial assistance. Persons protected under Section 504 and the ADA include students, applicants for employment, employees, parents of students, and members of the community who come within the definitions of "individual with a disability" under those statutes.
Students, public, parents, or staff members who believe they have been the subject of discrimination must report the incident immediately in accordance with district policies GBK, GBK-R, Staff Concerns, Complaints, and Grievances; GBAA, GBAA-R, Harassment of Employees; JI, Student Rights and Responsibilities; JBB, Harassment of Students; or KE, KE-R, Public/Parent Concerns and Complaints.
The following person has been designated to assist the district with its response to complaints of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of gender and disability: