Non-Discrimination Policy

Three Rivers School District

Code: AC

Adopted: 11/12/05;

Readopted: 5/19/08; 3/11/14; 2/02/16;

4/17/19; 6/16/21; 4/15/26

Orig. Code: AC

Nondiscrimination

The district prohibits discrimination and harassment on any basis protected by law, including but not

limited to, an individual’s perceived or actual race 1 , color, religion, sex, sexual orientation 2 , national or

ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status,

or veterans’ status, or because of the perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,

national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, familial status,

economic status, or veterans’ status, of any other persons with whom the individual associates.

The district prohibits discrimination and harassment, including but not limited to employment, assignment

and promotion of personnel; educational opportunities and services offered students; student assignment to

schools and classes; student discipline; location and use of facilities; educational offerings and materials;

and accommodating the public at public meetings.

The Board encourages staff to improve human relations within the schools, to respect all individuals and to

establish channels through which citizens can communicate their concerns to the administration and the

Board.

The Board directs the superintendent to designate the district’s civil rights coordinator and make contact

information available to staff, students and parents.

The superintendent shall appoint individuals at the district to contact on issues concerning the Americans

with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADA),

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act, Title IX of the Education

Amendments of 1972, and other civil rights or discrimination issues, and notify students, parents, and staff

with their names, office addresses, and phone numbers. The district will publish complaint procedures

providing for prompt and equitable resolution of complaints from students, employees and the public, and

such procedures will be available at the district’s administrative office and available on the home page of

the district’s website.

1 Includes discriminatory use of a Native American mascot pursuant to OAR 581-021-0047. Race also includes physical

characteristics that are historically associated with race, including but not limited to natural hair, hair texture, hair type and

protective hairstyles as defined by ORS 659A.001 (as amended by House Bill 2935 (2021)).

2 “Sexual orientation” means an individual’s actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, or gender identity,

regardless of whether the individual’s gender identity, appearance, expression or behavior differs from that traditionally

associated with the individual’s sex at birth.

Nondiscrimination – AC

2-2

The district prohibits retaliation and discrimination against an individual who has opposed any

discrimination act or practice because that person has filed a charge, testified, assisted, or participated in an

investigation, proceeding or hearing; and further prohibits anyone from coercing, intimidating, threatening,

or interfering with an individual for exercising any rights guaranteed under state and federal law.

END OF POLICY

Legal Reference(s):

ORS 174.100

ORS 192.630

ORS 326.051(1)(e)

ORS 332.505

ORS 408.230

ORS 659.805

ORS 659.815

ORS 659.850 - 659.860

ORS 659.865

ORS 659A .001

ORS 659A .003

ORS 659A.006

ORS 659A.009

ORS 659A.029

ORS 659A.030

ORS 659A.040

ORS 659A.103 - 659A.145

ORS 659A.230 - 659A.233

ORS 659A.236

ORS 659A.309

ORS 659A.321

ORS 659A.409

OAR 581-021-0045

OAR 581-021-0046

OAR 581-021-0047

OAR 581 -021-0650 - 0665

OAR 581 -022-2310

OAR 581-022-2370

OAR 581 -075-0001 - 075-0005

OAR 581-075-0901

OAR 839 -003

Age Discrimination Act of 1975, 42 U.S.C. §§ 6101-6107 (2018).

Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-633 (2018); 29 C.F.R Part 1626 (2019).

Americans with Disabilities Act/Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101-12112 (2018); 29

C.F.R. Part 1630 (2019); 28 C.F.R. Part 35 (2019).

Equal Pay Act of 1963, 29 U.S.C. § 206(d) (2018).

Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. §§ 791, 793-794 (2018); 34 C.F.R. Part 104 (2019).

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1683, 1701, 1703-1705, 1720 (2018); Nondiscrimination on

the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance, 34 C.F.R. Part 106 (2020).

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d (2018); 28 C.F.R. §§ 42.101-42.106 (2019).

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e (2018); 29 C.F.R. § 1601 (2019).

Wygant v. Jackson Bd. of Educ., 476 U.S. 267 (1989).

The Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, 38 U.S.C. § 4212 (2018).

Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, 42 U.S.C. § 2000ff-1 (2018); 29 C.F.R. Part 1635 (2019).

Nondiscrimination – AC

3-2

Cross Reference(s):

ACA - Americans with Disabilities Act

ACB - All Students Belong

GBA - Equal Employment Opportunity

GBEA - Workplace Harassment

JB - Equal Educational Opportunity