AC NONDISCRIMINATION
The Pentucket Regional School Committee and Pentucket Regional Schools are committed to maintaining an education and work environment for all school community members. that is free from all forms of discrimination, including harassment and retaliation. The members of the school community include the School Committee, employees, administration, faculty, staff, students, volunteers in the schools, and parties contracted to perform work for the Pentucket Regional Schools.
Pentucket Regional Schools does not exclude from participation, deny the benefits of the Pentucket Regional School District from or otherwise discriminate against, individuals on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, active military/veteran status, marital status, familial status, pregnancy, or pregnancy-related condition, homelessness, ancestry, ethnic background, national origin, meal modification needs, or any other category protected by state or federal law in the administration of its educational and employment policies, or in its programs and activities.
Public schools have the responsibility to overcome, insofar as possible, any barriers that prevent children from achieving their potential. The public school system will do its part. This commitment to the community is affirmed in the following statements of School Committee intent to:
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Promote the rights and responsibilities of all individuals as set forth in the State and Federal constitutions, pertinent legislation, and applicable judicial interpretations.
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Encourage positive experiences in human values for children and youth and adults, all of whom have differing personal and family characteristics and who come from various socioeconomic, racial and ethnic groups.
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Work toward a more integrated society and to enlist the support of individuals as well as groups and agencies, both private and governmental, in such an effort.
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Use all appropriate communication and action techniques to air and reduce the grievances of individuals and groups.
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Carefully consider, in all the decisions made within the school system, the potential benefits or adverse consequences that those decisions might have on the human relations aspects of all segments of society.
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Initiate a process of reviewing policies and practices of the school system in order to achieve to the greatest extent possible the objectives of this statement.
The Committee's policy of nondiscrimination will extend to students, staff, the general public, and individuals with whom it does business; and will apply to race, national background, religion, sex, economic status, political party, age, handicap and other human differences. No person shall be excluded from or discriminated against in admission to a public school of any town or in obtaining the advantages, privileges, and courses of study of such public school on account of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation and discrimination.
If you have a complaint or feel that you have been discriminated against because of your race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation and disability, register your complaint with the Title IX compliance officer.
LEGAL REFS: Title Vl, Civil Rights Act of 1964;
Title VII;Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972; Executive Order 11246, as amended by Executive Order 11375;
Equal Pay Act, as amended by The Education Amendments of 1972;
Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972;
Rehabilitation Act of 1973;
Education for all Handicapped Children Act of 1975;
M.G.L. 71B:1 et seq. (Chapter 766 of the Ads of 1972);
M.G.L. 76:5; 76:16 BESE regulations 603CMR 26:00 Amended 2012;
BESE regulations 603CMR 28.00
CROSS REFS: ACA- ACE Subcategories for Nondiscrimination;
GBA Equal Employment Opportunity;
JB Equal Educational Opportunities
Adopted: March 28, 2023
Revised & Adopted: April 30, 2024