Synopsis of Laws and Contact Information

       Please contact Central Office (508-945-5130) for specific and current coordinators for the following:

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

Coordinator: Business Manager/ Director Student Services

Statute prohibits discrimination on the grounds of race, color or national origin by recipients of federal financial assistance.  This statute ensures that individuals are not excluded from participation in programs or activities receiving federal funds (or the benefits of) on account of their membership in one of these protected categories (42 USC §2000d).  This statute has been interpreted to prohibit the denial of equal access to education because of a language minority student’s limited proficiency in English.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972

Coordinator: Director of Student Services

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 provides that no individual may be discriminated against on the basis of sex in any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.  Title IX requires that schools adopt and publish a policy against sex discrimination and have grievance procedures through which students can complain of alleged sex discrimination, including sexual harassment.  State law requires Massachusetts employers to have a policy against sexual harassment. (M.G.L. Ch. 151B, S3A)  The Monomoy Regional School District’s policies are available at: http://www.monomoy.edu/

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973

Coordinator: Director of Student  Services

Section 504 provides that no otherwise qualified individual with a disability shall solely by reason of his/her disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.  The regulations implementing Section 504 require that public schools provide a free appropriate public education to each qualified handicapped person who is in the recipient’s jurisdiction, regardless of the nature or severity of the person’s handicap. (34 CFR 104.33)

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Coordinator: Director of Student Services

The regulations implementing the ADA provide that: “A public entity that employs 50 or more persons shall designate at least one employee to coordinate its efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under this part, including any investigation of any complaint communicated to it alleging its noncompliance with this part or alleging any actions that would be prohibited by this part.  The public entity must make available to all interested individuals the name, office address, and telephone number of the employee or employees designated pursuant to this paragraph.” (28 CFR 35.107(a))

Equal Educational Opportunities Laws

Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974

Coordinator: Director of Student Services

This federal statute prohibits states from denying equal educational opportunities to an individual based on certain protected classifications including race, color, sex, or national origin.  It specifically prohibits denying equal educational opportunities by failing to take appropriate action to overcome language barriers that impede equal participation by its students in its instructional programs. (20 USC §1703)

Mass. General Laws CH. 76, § 5 (also known as Chapter 622)

Coordinator: Director of Student Services

This state law provides that “[n]o person shall be excluded from or discriminated against in admission to a public school of any town, or in obtaining the advantages, privileges and courses of study of such public school on account of race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin or sexual orientation.””

Title I of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

Coordinator: Director of Student Services

Title I has been reauthorized through the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.  Title I is a federal supplemental education program to improve student achievement.  Funding is determined by municipal census poverty levels.  Monomoy Regional School District are designated as Targeted Assistance for Title I.

Title X (Part C) of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Improvements Act of 2001)

Coordinator: Director of Student Services

The Education for Homeless Children and Youth program is intended to ensure that homelessness does not cause these children to be left behind in school. Homeless children and youths should have access to the education and other services that they need to meet the same challenging state student academic achievement standards to which all students are held.

Special Education

IDEA 2004

Coordinator: Director of Student Services

The Individuals with Disabilities Act of 2004 provides eligible disabled students with free and appropriate public education.