LCCS Nondiscrimination Policy

5750 - EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY (M)

Section: Students
Date Created: May 2013
Date Edited: May 2020

The Board of Trustees directs that all pupils enrolled in the school shall be afforded equal educational
opportunities in strict accordance with law. No pupil shall be denied access to or benefit from any educational
program or activity or from a co-curricular or athletic activity on the basis of the pupil’s race, color, creed,
religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, affectational or sexual orientation or sex, social or
economic status, or disability. The Board shall assure that all pupils are free from harassment, sexual or
otherwise.

The Board directs the Chief School Administrator to allocate faculty, administrators, support staff members,
curriculum materials, and instructional equipment supplies among the school and classes of this school in a
manner that ensures equivalency of educational opportunity throughout this school. The school’s curricula in
the following areas will eliminate discrimination, promote mutual acceptance and respect among pupils, and
enable pupils to interact effectively with others, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
ancestry, age, marital status, affectational or sexual orientation or sex, social or economic status, or disability:

1. School climate/learning environment;
2. Courses of study, including Physical Education;
3. Instructional materials and strategies;
4. Library materials;
5. Software and audio-visual materials;
6. Guidance and counseling;
7. Extra-curricular programs and activities;
8. Testing and other assessments.

The school’s curricula will include Multi-cultural Education content and practices, instruction on African-
American History in the teaching of U.S. History and instruction on the Holocaust and Genocide.

Affirmative action shall be taken to ensure that pupils are protected from the effects of discrimination, in
accordance with Policy No. 2260. Pupils who experience less than equal educational opportunities or
experience discrimination shall use the procedure established by Regulation No. 5750 to report and appeal any
harassment or discriminatory practice.

The conduct of teaching staff members shall exemplify the highest principles of equality and democracy.
Conduct and attitudes that display discrimination are contrary to the policies of this Board and, further, are
destructive to the self esteem that this Board wishes to encourage in all pupils. A teaching staff member’s act
of derision or enmity, in any form, against a person or persons on the basis of race, color, creed, religion,
national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, affectational or sexual orientation or sex, social or economic
status, or disability shall be considered to be conduct unbecoming to a professional staff member of this school
and shall be subject to appropriate discipline.

The Chief School Administrator shall develop and promulgate a procedure by which a pupil or parent may
appeal Board policy, school practice, or the act or omission of any school employee that allegedly violates this
policy.

42 U.S.C.A. 12101
N.J.S.A. 10:5-1
N.J.S.A. 18A:4A-1, et seq.; 18A:6-5 et seq.; 18A:36-20
N.J.A.C. 6A:7-1.1 et seq.; 6A:14-1.2

Adopted: 14 May 2013
Revised: 30 January 2020