Policy file: AC
(Also GBA/JA)
Massachusetts and Federal law make it clear that all aspects of public school education must be fully open and available to members of both sexes and all minority groups.
No school may exclude a child from any course, activity, service or resource available in that school on account of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation of such child. Public law further requires that handicapped persons, regardless of the nature and severity of handicap, must be provided a free appropriate public education in the most integrated setting possible.
It is also the policy of the School Committee to promote by affirmative action, equal employment opportunity without discrimination on account of race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual preference, age, genetic information, or ancestry. Further, a qualified handicapped person, who, with reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the job should not be disqualified simply because they may have difficulty performing tasks that bear only a marginal relationship to a particular job. This policy shall be implemented to the full extent feasible in all its employment practices and by the inclusion of appropriate provisions in contractual agreements.
Legal References:
Equal Pay Act of 1963
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
Chapter 622 of the Mass. Acts of 1971
Title IX of Education Amendment of 1972
Section 503 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Section 504 of Rehabilitation Act of 1973
Ch. 76, Sec. 5 of Mass. General Laws
Individuals with Disabilities Act
Ch. 766 of the Mass. Acts of 1974
American with Disabilities Act of 1990
Executive Order 11246
Mass. Gen. L. ch. 151B, § 4
Adopted at School Committee Meeting of September 14, 1981
Revised at School Committee Meeting of May 6, 1985
Revised at School Committee Meeting of October 16, 1989
Revised at School Committee Meeting of March 21, 1994
Revised at School Committee Meeting of March 2, 2006