GAAB Complaints of Discrimination GAAB
(See GAAC, GAACA, JDDC, JGEC, JGECA, KN, and KNA)
The district is committed to maintaining a working and learning environment free from discrimination, insult, intimidation, or harassment due to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, genetic information, or disability. Except as otherwise provided in this policy and board policies GAAC, JGEC, and KNA, any incident of discrimination in any form shall promptly be reported to an employee’s immediate supervisor, the building principal, or the district compliance coordinator for investigation and corrective action by the building or district compliance officer. Any employee who engages in discriminatory conduct shall be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.
Discrimination against any individual on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, genetic information, or religion in the admission to, access to, treatment, or employment in the district’s programs and activities is prohibited. (Position, address, email address, and phone number of the district compliance coordinator) has been designated to coordinate compliance with nondiscrimination requirements contained in Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 except discrimination on the basis of sex, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Personal Responsibility Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, and the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended.
Complaints regarding alleged discrimination on the basis of sex, as prohibited by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and other federal and state laws regulating such discrimination and discriminatory harassment, shall be handled in accordance with the procedures outlined in board policies GAAC and JGEC and shall be directed to the Title IX Coordinator Wallace County Superintendent at superintendent@usd241.org, 785-728-4571. More information may be obtained on discrimination on the basis of sex by contacting the Title IX Coordinator.
GAAB Complaints of Discrimination GAAB-2
Complaints alleging discrimination in child nutrition programs offered by the district shall be handled in accordance with the procedures outlined in board policy KNA, and more information may be obtained on procedures for such complaint by contacting the district compliance coordinator.
Complaints of discrimination should be addressed to an employee’s supervisor or to the building principal or the compliance coordinator. Complaints against the superintendent should be addressed to the board of education.
Unless otherwise provided herein, complaints of discrimination will be resolved using the district’s discrimination complaint procedures in policy KN.
The district prohibits retaliation or discrimination against any person for opposing discrimination, including harassment; for participating in the
complaint process; or making a complaint, testifying, assisting, or participating in any investigation, proceeding, or hearing.
Approved:
KASB Recommendation – 2/98; 8/98; 4/07; 6/09; 6/15; 6/19; 6/20; 7/20; 9/21