1550 AFFIRMATIVE
ACTION PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYMENT AND CONTRACT PRACTICES/EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES PLAN
(M)
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The Board of
Education shall, in accordance with law, strive to overcome the effects of any
previous patterns of discrimination in district employment practices and shall
systematically monitor district procedures to ensure continuing compliance with
anti-discrimination laws and regulations.
No qualified
handicapped person, shall, on the basis of handicap, be subjected to
discrimination in employment and the Board will take positive steps to employ
and advance in employment qualified handicapped persons in programs and
activities.
The school
nurse shall serve as Affirmative Action Officer and shall coordinate all
activities designed to implement this policy. It will be the
responsibility of the Affirmative Action Officer to:
1. Study
job descriptions, job qualifications, and salary guides for discriminatory
practices;
2. Compare
the characteristics of persons in the district’s hiring region who possess
skills required by the district to the characteristics of district employees;
3. Develop
methods to search out sources of candidates for employment;
4. Recommend
methods of recruitment that will encourage minority and female applicants;
5. Review
recruiting advertisements and application forms;
6. Compare
data on the promotion and discharge of women and minorities to district-wide
data on promotion and discharge of employees; and
7. Recommend
programs that will encourage greater job opportunities for women and members of
minority groups.
The Affirmative
Action Officer shall report as required to the Board on progress made in the
affirmative action program for employment and contract practices. The
Board will annually review district progress toward objectives of any
state-approved affirmative action plan.
20 U.S.C.A.
1681; 20 U.S.C.A. 1703(d)
N.J.S.A. 10:5-1
et seq.
N.J.S.A.
18A:6-5 et seq.
N.J.A.C.
6A:7-1.8
Adopted:
12 March 2007
Revised:
9 February 2009