AR 3410 Nondiscrimination
References
Education Code Sections 66250 et seq., 72010 et seq., and 87100 et. seq.
Title 5 Sections 53000 et seq. and 59300 et seq.
Penal Code Sections 422.55
Government Code Sections 12926.1 and 12940 et seq.
Title 2 Sections 10500 et seq.
Labor Code Section 1197.5
AACJC Accreditation Eligibility Requirement 20 and AACJC Accreditation Standard Catalog Requirements
(formerly II.B.2.c)
Education Programs
The District shall provide access to its services, classes and programs without regard to national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race or ethnicity, color, medical condition, genetic information, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, or because he/she is perceived to have one or more of the foregoing characteristics, or based on association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characterists.
All courses, including noncredit classes, shall be conducted without regard to the gender of the student enrolled in the classes. As defined in the Penal Code, "gender" means sex, and includes a person's gender identity and gender expression. "Gender expression" mean's a person's gender-related appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth.
The District shall not prohibit any student from enrolling in any class or course on the basis of gender.
Academic staff, including but not limited to counselors, instructors and administrators shall not offer program guidance to students which differs on the basis of gender.
Insofar as practicable, the District shall offer opportunities for participation in athletics equally to male and female students.
Employment
The District shall provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status.
All employment decisions, including but not limited to hiring, retention, assignment, transfer, evaluation, dismissal, compensation, and advancement for all position classifications shall be based on job-related criteria as well as be responsive to the District's needs.
The District shall from time to time as necessary provide professional and staff development activities and training to promote understanding of diversity.
It is unlawful to discriminate against a person who serves in an unpaid internship or any other limited-duration program to provide unpaid work experience in the selection, termination, training, or other terms and treatment of that person on the basis of their race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status.
Approved: September 15, 2014
References Updated: March 16, 2015; November 7, 2016; June 4, 2018
