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Civil Rights Grievance Procedures     POLICY NO. 281

Grievances by employees, students or other persons alleging illegal discrimination by this district or any of its employees in any of the district’s public facilities, programs or activities based on race, sec, national origin, color, age (persons 40 years of age or older), religion, or disability may be filed as follows:

FILING A CIVIL RIGHTS GRIEVANCE COMPLAINT

A complaint should be filed in writing by the complaintant, by the complaintant’s representative, parent or guardian or both. Any complaints received by this district by telephone or verbally will be recorded by the district in written form. The complaint must be filed with the office of the superintendent within one hundred eighty (180) days of the alleged discriminatory action and specify the remedy sought by the complaintant.

INVESTIGATION AND REPORT

The school district will contact the complaintant in writing within ten (10) working days of receipt of the complaint to let him/her know the complaint was received and what action the district has taken or will take in an attempt to resolve the complaint.

Within ninety (90) calendar days after receiving the complaint, the designee of the superintendent must investigate the incident and issue a finding of whether or not discrimination was found. The investigation shall include, but not be limited to, interviews with the complaintant and school district personnel.

If the complaintant does not agree with the findings of the superintendent’s designee, he/she will have thirty (30) days to provide additional information to the designee of the superintendent to facilitate further review of the complaint.

The complaintant will be notified of his/her right to appeal the findings of the district to the proper state or federal compliance agency.

FILING OTHER COMPLAINTS

The complaintant may also file a complaint with the following state and federal agencies:

  1. Idaho Human Rights Commission, 1109 Main Street, P.O. Box 83720, Boise, Idaho 83720-0040.
  2. U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530
  3. Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, 330 C Street Southwest, Suite 5000, Washington, D.C. 20202.

Employment complaints may be filed with:

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2815 2nd Avenue, Suite 500, Seattle, Washington 98121.

NO RETALIATORY ACTION

No individual who has filed a complaint, or testified, or assisted, or participated in any matter in the investigation of a complaint shall be intimidated, coerced, or otherwise discriminated against.

Retention of Records

All records of complaints and investigations filed under this procedure will be retained with the district for a period of three (3) years.

Employee Actions

All employees of the district shall be responsible for acting in accordance with this policy.

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ADOPTED: June 18, 1996

LEGAL REFERENCE:

American’s with Disabilities Act
    42 U.S.C. 12101

Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
    29 U.S.C. 794

Title IX
    20 U.S.C. Section 1681(a)