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File AC: Nondiscrimination Policy

File AC
Monomoy Regional School District
Nondiscrimination Policy

  1. Public schools have the responsibility to overcome, insofar as possible, any barriers that prevent children from achieving their potential. The District will do its part. This commitment to the community is affirmed by the following statements that the School Committee intends to:
  2. Promote the rights and responsibilities of all individuals as set forth in the State and Federal Constitutions, pertinent legislation, and applicable judicial interpretations.
  3. Encourage positive experiences in human values for children, youth and adults, all of whom have differing personal and family characteristics and who come from various socioeconomic, racial and ethnic groups. 
  4. Work toward a more integrated society and to enlist the support of individuals as well as groups and agencies, both private and governmental, in such an effort. 
  5. Use all appropriate communication and action techniques to air and reduce the grievances of individuals and groups. 
  6. Carefully consider, in all the decisions made within the school system, the potential benefits or adverse consequences that those decisions might have on the human relations aspects of all segments of society. 
  7. Initiate a process of reviewing policies and practices of the school system in order to achieve to the greatest extent possible the objectives of this statement.
  8. The Committee's policy of nondiscrimination will extend to students, staff, the general public, and individuals with whom it does business. 
  9. No 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 age, genetic information, ancestry, military status, race, color, sex, religion, national Origin, housing status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability, traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture, hair type, hair length, and protective hairstyles. Protective hairstyles include but are not limited to, braids, locks, twists, bantu knots, hair coverings,  and other formations. 
  10. The Massachusetts Student Anti-Discrimination Act provides that no person may be excluded from a public school in any town, or discriminated against with respect to obtaining the advantages, privileges, and courses of study of such public schools, on the basis of race, color, sex, gender identity, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation. (M.G.L. c. 76, § 5).
  11. The Massachusetts Anti-Bullying Law prohibits, among other things, bullying by students or school staff on school grounds or at school activities. (M.G.L. c. 71, § 37O).
  12. Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin by public elementary and secondary schools. (42 U.S.C. § 2000c et seq.).
  13. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. (42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq.).
  14. The Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 requires, among other things, that schools provide English Language Learners with appropriate services to overcome language barriers that impede equal participation in instructional programs. (20 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.)
  15. All children residing in their jurisdictions have equal access to public education by: (1) allowing children to enroll and attend school without regard to race, national origin, or immigration or citizenship status; (2) avoiding information requests that have the purpose or effect of discouraging or denying access to school on the basis of race, national origin, or immigration or citizenship status; and (3) protecting all students from bullying and harassment on the basis of race, national origin, or immigration or citizenship status.
  16. If someone has a complaint or feels that they have been discriminated against because of their age,  genetic information, ancestry, military status, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, housing status,    sexual orientation, or disability, traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture, hair type, hair length, and protective hairstyles. Protective hairstyles include but are not limited to, braids, locks, twists, bantu knots, hair coverings, and other formations. Complaints should be registered with the Title IX compliance officer.

Legal references: Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964; Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972; Executive Order 11246, as amended by E.O. 11375; Equal Pay Act, as amended by the Education Amendments of 1972; Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972; Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975; M.G.L. 71B:1 et seq. (Chapter 766 of the Acts of 1972); M.G.L. 76:5;  Amended 2011 M.G.L.76:16 (Chapter 622 of the Acts of 1971); 603 CMR 26:00; 603 CMR 28.00

Cross references: ACA- ACE, Subcategories for Nondiscrimination; GBA, Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Plan; JB, Equal Educational Opportunities; Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982); CROWN Act (Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural hair) July 26, 2022

Adopted: 3/27/2013
Revised: 4/26/2018, 12/22/2022, 2/28/2025

  • Section A: Foundations and Basic Commitments
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