Audio: 8 10 2015 Work Session 1

The proposed revisions include both model language recommended from Kentucky School Boards Association (highlighted in yellow) and JCPS language, which includes existing language and changes recommended by staff based on input.

Each policy incorporates the following set characteristics of individuals for protection from discrimination and harassment and for access to equal opportunities: “…race, color, creed, national origin, age, religion, marital or parental status, political affiliations or beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information or disability…”

Each policy incorporates the following set characteristics of individuals for protection from discrimination and harassment and for access to equal opportunities: "...an individual's actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, veteran status, political affiliations or beliefs, genetic information, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or on the basis of a person's association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics."

The following policies are submitted for first submission and reading on this evening's consent calendar:

• 01.1 Powers and Duties of the Board of Education
• 03.113 Certified Personnel Equal Employment Opportunity
• 03.162 Certified Personnel Harassment Discrimination
• 03.212 Classified Personnel Equal Employment Opportunity
• 03.262 Classified Personnel Harassment Discrimination
• 09.13 Students Equal Educational Opportunities
• 09.42811 Student Harassment Discrimination

Also included is a summary of the proposed amendments.

Submitted by: John Marshall

Attachments

*Rationale revised on 8/10/15 (shown by highlighted and strikethrough text)

• Meeting Notice 08 10 15
• Summary of Proposed Amendments to Board Policies (Revised 08/10/15)
• 01.1 Legal Status of the Board (First Reading)
• 03.113 Equal Employment Opportunity Certified (First Reading)
• 03.162 Harassment Discrimination Certified (First Reading)
• 03.212 Equal Employment Opportunity Classified (First Reading)
• 03.262 Harassment Discrimination Classified (First Reading)
• 09.13 Equal Educational Opportunities Students (First Reading)
• 09.42811 Harassment Discrimination Students (First Reading)