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EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
The Lafayette Parish School Board directs that all students enrolled in the schools under its jurisdiction shall be afforded equal educational opportunities in strict accordance with law. No student shall be excluded from participation in or denied access to or benefit from any educational program or activity or from a co-curricular or athletic activity on the basis of the student’s race, color, creed, religion, national origin, natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle, ancestry, age, marital status, affectational, or sexual orientation or sex, social or economic status, or disability.
The Superintendent and/or his/her designee shall investigate any and all complaints which may be brought against the district in regard to any alleged discriminatory action.
Student inquiries, concerns, or complaints regarding possible discrimination and/or harassment based on sex should be directed to the Lafayette Parish School Board's Title IX Coordinator. Student inquiries, concerns, or complaints regarding possible discrimination and/or harassment based on disability should be directed to the Lafayette Parish School Board's Section 504 Coordinator. Any other student inquiries, concerns, or complaints regarding possible discrimination and/or inequitable treatment should be directed to the school site administrator.
| Adopted: June 4, 1980 | Revised: October 16, 2013 |
| Revised: July 7, 1999 | Revised: September 9, 2020 |
| Revised: September 18, 2002 | Revised: August 10, 2022 |
Ref: 20 USC 1401 et seq. (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
20 USC 1681 (Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX)
20 USC 1703 (Equal Educational Opportunities Act)
29 USC 621 et seq. (Age Discrimination in Employment)
29 USC 794 (Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Section 504)
42 USC 1983 (Civil action for deprivation of rights)
42 USC 2000c (1-9) (Civil Rights-Public Education)
42 USC 2000d (1-6) (1964 Civil Rights Act)
42 USC 11301 (McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act of 2001)
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:111, 46:2254
Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, 419 F.2d 1211 (5th Cir. 1969)
San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, 93 S.Ct. 1278 (1973)
Ross v. Moffitt, 94 S.Ct. 437 (1974)
Regents of University of California v. Bakke, 98 S.Ct. (1978)
Board minutes, 6-4-80, 7-7-99, 9-18-02, 10-16-13, 9-9-20, 8-10-22
Lafayette Parish School Board