In accordance with the District’s Uniform Complaint Procedures (5 CCR 4620) each school district shall follow uniform complaint procedures when addressing complaints alleging unlawful discrimination against any protected group. Protected groups put forth under Title IX and in California are enumerated by Education Code §§ 200 and 220, Government Code §11135, and include actual or perceived sex, sexual orientation, gender, ethnicity, race, ancestry, national origin, religion, color, mental or physical disability, and age, as well as association with member of a protected class. Additionally, it is the policy of the State of California, pursuant to Section 200, that all persons should enjoy freedom from discrimination and/or harassment of any kind in the educational institutions of the state. This also includes sexual harassment, which is a form of sexual discrimination (EC § 231.5).
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