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528 STUDENT PARENTAL, FAMILY, AND MARITAL STATUS NONDISCRIMINATION
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528 STUDENT PARENTAL, FAMILY, AND MARITAL STATUS NONDISCRIMINATION
I. PURPOSE
Students are protected from discrimination on the basis of sex and marital status pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Minnesota Human Rights Act. This includes discrimination on the basis of pregnancy. The purpose of this school district policy is to provide equal educational opportunity for all students and to prohibit discrimination on the grounds of sex, parental, family, or marital status.
II. GENERAL STATEMENT OF POLICY
A. The school district provides equal educational opportunity for all students, and will not apply any rule concerning a student’s actual or potential parental, family, or marital status which treats students differently on the basis of sex.
B. The school district will not discriminate against any student, or exclude any student from its education program or activity, including any class or extracurricular activity, on the basis of such students’ pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy or recovery therefrom, unless the student requests voluntarily to participate in a separate portion of the program or activity of the recipient.
C. The school district may require such a student to obtain the certification of a physician that the student is physically and emotionally able to continue participation in the normal education program or activity so long as such a certification is required of all students for other physical or emotional conditions requiring the attention of a physician.
D. The school district will ensure that any separate and voluntary instructional program is comparable to that offered to non-pregnant students.
E. It is the responsibility of every school district employee to comply with this policy.
F. The school board has designated Kirsten Hutchison, Superintendent of Schools as its Title IX coordinator. This employee coordinates the school district’s efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under Title IX.
Kirsten Hutchison
Superintendent of Schools
305 Ochre Street West
Comfrey, MN 56019
507-877-3491
G. Any student, parent or guardian having questions regarding the application of Title IX and its regulations and/or this policy should discuss them with the Title IX coordinator. Questions relating solely to Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the United States Department of Education. In the absence of a specific designee, an inquiry or complaint should be referred to the superintendent or the school district human rights officer.
H. Any reports of unlawful discrimination under this policy will be handled, investigated and acted upon in the manner specified in Policy 522 – Student Sex Nondiscrimination.
First Reading; 6/23/08
Second Reading: 7/21//08
Adopted: 7/21/08
Revised: 11/16/15
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