Department Responsibilities:
Monitoring the District's Equal Access/Equal Opportunities (EA/EO) Initiatives
- Monitors students' participation in academic and other program areas and recommends strategies to improve areas of disproportionate student enrollment/participation.
- Monitors the District's hiring and promotion practices through:
* policy review and revisions
* participation in the screening and interviewing of applicants
- Coordinates the development of the District's Educational Equity Act Plan, which is a state mandated report submitted annually to the Department of Education.
- Distributes the District's Educational Equity Act Plan to school principals and guidance counselors as a tool to equitable student placement in various courses and activities.
- Investigate and resolve complaints of discrimination and harassment in employment and education.
- Assists in providing reasonable accommodations to students and staff, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other statutes.
- Reviews inquires and concerns related to equal opportunities and equal access.
- Provides data input into and maintains the EEO-5 Report which is a federally mandated report of all employees by job classification, race, and gender.
Keeping the District informed of EA/EO laws, policies, etc.
- Conducts workshops through Human Resource Development as well as request from District departments or school sites.