Policy 4880-2

Working Conditions

Discrimination and Harassment Reporting Procedure

Reviewed and affirmed by the Board:  8/25/2020
Last Revision: 
Original publish date: 07/11/2017
Related policies & regulations:  
Legal references:  Title VI, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d, Title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, Title IX; 20 U.S.C. § 1681, and the Nebraska Fair Employment Practices Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. §48-1101 et seq. Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA), 29 U.S.C. §621 et seq., and the Nebraska Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. §48-1001 et seq.; Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504) Pregnancy Discrimination Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e(k) Uniform Service Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), 38 U.S.C. § 4301 et seq. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-2,115, et seq

 

All employees are responsible for helping to prevent discrimination or harassment. Employees who believe they have been subjected to, or believe they have witnessed, discrimination or harassment should follow these procedures:

  1. Directly inform the person engaging in the discrimination or harassment that such conduct is offensive and must stop.
  2. Contact your principal or supervisor or the principal or supervisor of the offending person, or contact the Title IX Officer, the Associate Superintendent for Human Resources, if you do not wish to communicate directly with the person whose conduct is offensive or if direct communication with the offending person has been ineffective.
  3. Report the matter to the Title IX Officer, the Associate Superintendent for Human Resources, if the offending conduct continues or has not been resolved to your satisfaction after you have reported the matter to a principal or supervisor.
  4. Report to the principal or the supervisor of the school or to the Title IX Officer, the Associate Superintendent for Human Resources, if you are the adult to whom the student has made a report so that the matter can be properly resolved.

Allegations of harassment or discrimination shall be investigated and if substantiated, corrective or disciplinary action taken, up to and including dismissal from employment if the offender is an employee, or suspension and/or expulsion, if the offender is a student.  Retaliatory action will not be taken against an employee for reporting discrimination or harassment.

 

Complaints or concerns involving discrimination or needs for accommodation or access should be addressed to the appropriate coordinator. For further information about antidiscrimination laws and regulations or to file a complaint of discrimination with the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education (OCR), please contact the OCR at One Petticoat Lane, 1010 Walnut Street, Third Floor, Suite 320, Kansas City, Missouri 64106, (816) 268‘0550 (voice), (816) 268-0599 (fax), (800) 877-8339 (telecommunications device for the deaf) or ocr.kansascity@ed.gov.