Equal Educational and Employment Opportunities

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Students: The District School Board of Pasco County is committed to the premise that the right of a student to participate fully in classroom instruction and extracurricular activities shall not be abridged or impaired because of age, race, color, religion, gender, ethnicity, national origin, disability, pregnancy, parenthood, marriage, political beliefs, social and family background, or for any other reason not related to his/her individual capabilities.

Employees and Applicants for Employment: The District School Board of Pasco County is likewise committed to its policy of offering equal employment opportunities for all persons regardless of race, religion, color, gender, ethnicity, national origin, age, marital status, or disability and acknowledges veterans’ preference in employment.

It is the legal obligation and the policy of the Board to employ only those persons who are best qualified, with or without reasonable accommodations, and offer greatest promise for future development.

Freedom From Harassment: The District School Board of Pasco County is committed to take steps to create and to ensure an education and work environment free of harassment on the basis of any of the reasons cited above. Harassment includes:

  1. Any slurs, innuendoes or other verbal or physical conduct reflecting on an individual’s race, religion, color, gender, ethnicity, national origin, marital status, or disability, or handicap which has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive education or work environment; has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with the individual’s educational or work performance or participation; or otherwise adversely affects an individual’s educational and/or employment opportunities.
  2. The denial of or provision of aid, benefits, grades, rewards, faculty assistance, employment, services, or treatment on the basis of sexual advances or requests for sexual favors.
  3. Sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when:

    • submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s educational career or employment;
    • submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as a basis for educational or employment decisions affecting the individual; or,
    • such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual’s educational or work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive environment.

Complaint Procedure: Any student, parent of a student, employee, or applicant for employment who believes that he/she has been denied participation in or access to an educational program, activity, or employment, or who has otherwise been discriminated against due to any of the reasons cited above, may file a grievance according to the procedures established in School Board policy JFH, Student Complaints and Grievances, or School Board policy GBM, Staff/Applicant Complaints and Grievances.

For additional information related to the above policies, or for a copy of the grievance procedures, contact the Equity Coordinator for Pasco County Schools:
Kevin Shibley, Director of Equity and Employment Law
7227 Land O’ Lakes Blvd.
Land O’ Lakes, Florida 34639
(813) 794-2385, (727) 774-2385, or (352) 524-2385

 

The School Board of Pasco County, Florida does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, national
origin, marital status, disability, or age in its programs, services, activities or in its hiring and employment practices.

District Wide Accreditation • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools • Heather Fiorentino, Superintendent
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