Policy Glen Ridge Board of Education
2260
The
Board of Education shall, in accordance with law, strive to overcome the
effects of any previous patterns of discrimination in school and classroom
practices and shall systematically monitor district procedures to ensure
continuing compliance with anti-discrimination laws and regulations.
The
Director of Student Services shall serve as Affirmative Action Officer and
shall coordinate all activities designed to implement this policy. The Affirmative Action Officer shall identify
and recommend the correction or removal of impermissible bias based on race,
color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status,
affectational or sexual orientation or sex, social or economic status, or
disability. He/She shall:
1. Review
current and proposed curriculum guides, textbooks, and supplemental materials
for bias and determine whether such materials fairly depict the contribution of
both men and women and various racial and ethnic groups in the development of
human society;
2. Develop
an ongoing program of in-service training for school personnel designed to
identify and solve problems of bias in all aspects of the school program;
3. Review
current and proposed programs, activities, and practices to ensure that all
pupils have equal access to them and are not impermissibly segregated in any
duty, work, play, classroom, or school practice except as may be permitted
under rules of the State Board of Education;
4. Ensure
that similar aspects of the school program receive commensurate support as to
staff size and compensation, purchase and maintenance of facilities and
equipment, and access to such facilities and equipment;
5. Ensure
that tests, procedures, and guidance and counseling materials that are designed
to evaluate pupil progress or rate aptitudes, or analyze personality or in any
manner establish or tend to establish a category by which a pupil may be judged
are not impermissibly differentiated or stereotyped.
Parent(s)
or legal guardian(s), pupils, staff members, and members of the public shall be
informed annually about the district's affirmative action plan for school and
classroom practices, the designation of the Affirmative Action Officer, and the
procedure by which an affirmative action complaint may be filed and
processed.
The
Affirmative Action Officer shall report as required to the Board on progress
made in the affirmative action program for school and classroom practices. The Board will annually review district
progress toward the objectives of any state-approved affirmative action plan.
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U.S.C.A. 1701
N.J.S.A. 18A:36-20
N.J.A.C. 6:4-1.3(b)
Adopted: