5755 EQUITY IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND
SERVICES (M)
M
Equity In Pupil
Access
It is the
policy of the Board of Education to ensure equal and bias-free access to all
school facilities, courses, programs, activities, and services, regardless of
race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status,
affectational or sexual orientation or sex, social or economic status, or
disability.
The school
district administration will ensure: that all pupils will have equal and
barrier-free access to all school and classroom facilities, that minority and
female pupils are not under-represented in gifted and talented or
accelerated/advanced courses and that minority and male pupils are not
over-represented in detentions, suspensions, expulsions, dropouts, or special
needs classifications. Support services will be available to all pupils
and that all limited English-proficient pupils and pupils with disabilities
will have equal and bias-free access to all school programs and activities.
The school district will ensure equal and bias-free access for all pupils to
computers, computer classes, vocational education classes, and
technologically-advanced instructional assistance, regardless of race, color,
creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, affectational
or sexual orientation or sex, social or economic status, or disability.
The Board of
Education will refrain from locating new facilities in areas that will
contribute to imbalanced, isolated, or racially identifiable school
enrollments. The school district administration will assign pupils to
ensure that the racial/national origin composition of each school’s enrollment
reflects the composition of the districtwide enrollment and so that school and
classroom enrollments are not identifiable 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.
Pupils will not
be separated or isolated by race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
ancestry, age, marital status, affectational or sexual orientation or sex,
social or economic status, or disability within the school, courses, classes,
programs, or extracurricular activities. Bias-free multiple measures for
determining the special needs of language-minority pupils and pupils with
disabilities will be utilized. Pregnant pupils will be permitted to
remain in the regular school program and activities and if not permitted to
attend school by her doctor, the pupil will be provided equivalent instruction.
Equity in
Guidance Programs and Services
The school
district will ensure the guidance program provides access to adequate and
appropriate counseling services for minority pupils, limited English-proficient
pupils, non-college bound pupils, and pupils with disabilities. A full range of
possible career, professional, and/or vocational choices will be presented to
all pupils.
Equity in
Physical Education Training
All school
district physical education programs will be co-educational, with the exception
of wrestling practice and a minimum of 75% of the electives are chosen by at
least 30% of enrolled male and female pupils, when the physical education
programs are elective.
Equity in
Athletic Programs
The school
district’s athletic program will provide equitable opportunities for female and
male pupils to participate in athletics and equitable support for cheerleading
programs and comparable facilities for male and female teams. The
athletic program will have relatively equal numbers of varsity and sub-varsity
teams for male and female teams and equitable scheduling of night games,
practice times, and numbers of games for male and female teams.
Appeal
Procedure
Any pupil or
their parent(s) or legal guardian(s) may appeal school practices involving
equity through the procedure established in Regulation No. 5750.
N.J.A.C. 6:4-1
et seq.
Title IX of the
Education Amendments of 1972
Athletic
Guidelines 1986
Adopted:
12 March 2007
Revised:
9 February 2009