5750 EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY (M)
M
The Board of
Education directs that all pupils enrolled in the school of this district shall
be afforded equal educational opportunities in strict accordance with
law. No pupil shall be denied access to or benefit from any educational
program or activity or from a co-curricular or athletic activity on the basis
of the pupil’s race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, age,
marital status, affectational or sexual orientation or sex, social or economic
status, or disability. The Board shall assure that all pupils are free
from harassment, sexual or otherwise.
The Board
directs the Chief School Administrator to allocate faculty, administrators,
support staff members, curriculum materials, and instructional equipment
supplies among and between the school and classes of this district in a manner
that ensures equivalency of educational opportunity throughout this
district. The school district’s curricula in the following areas will
eliminate discrimination, promote mutual acceptance and respect among pupils,
and enable pupils to interact effectively with others, regardless of race,
color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status,
affectational or sexual orientation or sex, social or economic status, or
disability:
1. School
climate/learning environment;
2. Courses
of study, including Physical Education;
3. Instructional
materials and strategies;
4. Library
materials;
5. Software
and audio-visual materials;
6. Guidance
and counseling;
7. Extra-curricular
programs and activities;
8. Testing
and other assessments.
The school
district’s curricula will include Multi-cultural Education content and
practices, instruction on African-American History in the teaching of U.S.
History and instruction on the Holocaust and Genocide.
Affirmative
action shall be taken to ensure that pupils are protected from the effects of
discrimination, in accordance with Policy No. 2260. Pupils who experience
less than equal educational opportunities or experience discrimination shall
use the procedure established by Regulation No. 5750 to report and appeal any
harassment or discriminatory practice.
The conduct of
teaching staff members shall exemplify the highest principles of equality and democracy.
Conduct and attitudes that display discrimination are contrary to the policies
of this Board and, further, are destructive to the self esteem that this Board
wishes to encourage in all pupils. A teaching staff member’s act of derision
or enmity, in any form, against a person or persons on the basis of race,
color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status,
affectational or sexual orientation or sex, social or economic status, or
disability shall be considered to be conduct unbecoming to a professional staff
member of this district and shall be subject to appropriate discipline.
The Chief
School Administrator shall develop and promulgate a procedure by which a pupil
or parent may appeal Board policy, district practice, or the act or omission of
any district employee that allegedly violates this policy.
42 U.S.C.A.
12101
N.J.S.A. 10:5-1
N.J.S.A.
18A:4A-1, et seq.
N.J.S.A.
18A:6-5 et seq.; 18A:36-20
N.J.A.C.
6A:7-1.1 et seq.; 6A:14-1.2
Adopted:
12 March 2007
Revised:
9 February 2009