Garfield Re-2 Policies

GBA

Open Hiring/Equal Employment Opportunity 
 

The Board subscribes to the fullest extent to the principles of the dignity of all people and of their labors.  It also recognizes that it is both culturally and educationally sound to have persons of diverse backgrounds on the school district's staff.

Therefore, the district promotes and provides for equal opportunity in recruitment, selection, promotion, and dismissal of all personnel. Commitment on the part of the district towards equal employment opportunity applies to all people without regard to disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, religion, ancestry, age, genetic information, or conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth. The district will ensure that it does not unlawfully discriminate in any area of employment, including job advertising, pre-employment requirements, recruitment, compensation, fringe benefits, job classifications, promotion, and termination.

The district will ensure that it does not unlawfully discriminate in any area of employment, including job advertising, pre-employment requirements, recruitment, compensation, fringe benefits, job classifications, promotion, and termination.

Adopted: February 12, 1991

Revised: December 12, 2006

Revised: September 25, 2012

Revised: September 14, 2020

Revised: November 10, 2021

Revised: April 24, 2024

 

LEGAL REFS.: 20 U.S.C. §1681 (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972)

29 U.S.C. §201 et seq. (Fair Labor Standards Act)

29 U.S.C. §621 et seq. (Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)

29 U.S.C. §701 et seq. (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973)

42 U.S.C. §1201 et seq. (Americans with Disabilities Act)

42 U.S.C. §2000d  (Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)

42 U.S.C. §2000e (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)

                           42 U.S.C.§2000ff et seq. (Genetic information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008). 

                           C.R.S. 2-4-401 (3.4) (definition of gender expression)
C.R.S. 2-4-401 (3.5) (definition of gender identity)
 

C.R.S. 22-32-110 (1)(k) (definition of racial or ethnic background includes hair texture, definition of protective hairstyle)

C.R.S. 22-61-101 (discrimination in employment prohibited)

C.R.S. 24-34-301 et seq. (Colorado Civil Rights Division procedures)

                           C.R.S. 24-34-301 (3.3) (definition of gender expression)
C.R.S. 24-34-301 (3.5) (definition of gender identity)
 

C.R.S. 24-34-402 et seq. (discriminatory or unfair employment practices)

 

CROSS REFS.: AC, Nondiscrimination/Equal Opportunity

GBAA, Sexual Harassment

Garfield School District No. Re-2, Rifle, Colorado