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EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Adopted 6-8-76
Reviewed 5-6-03 
Revised 11-13-2019 (replaced JECD Sex Discrimination)

General—

No officer or employee of the District, when acting or purporting to act in official capacity, shall refuse to permit any student to participate in any school program because of the student’s race, color, creed, sex, national origin, marital status, political or religious belief, physical or mental condition, family, social, or cultural background, or sexual orientation.
Utah Admin. Rules 277-515-3(6)(c) (December 1, 2017)

Title IX—

The board shall adopt and publish grievance procedures providing for prompt and equitable resolution of student and employee complaints alleging any action prohibited by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended.
20 U.S.C. § 1701-21
34 CFR § 106.8(b)

The District shall designate at least one employee to coordinate its efforts to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended. The District shall notify all students of the name, office address, and telephone number of the employee(s) so designated.
34 CFR § 106.8(a)

Title IX Coordinator—

The District designates the following employee to coordinate its efforts to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended:

Name:___Federal Programs Director (Arlene Anderson)
Position:_Federal Programs Director
Address:__39 south Main Manti Utah 84642
Office Telephone:_435-835-2261___

Handicapped—
The District shall provide a free appropriate public education to all qualified handicapped students who are residents of the District between the ages of three and twenty-two who have not graduated from high school, including regular or special education and related services designed to meet the individual educational needs of each qualified handicapped student, regardless of the nature or severity of the handicap, as adequately as the needs of non-handicapped students. 
34 CFR § 104.33
Utah Code § 53E-7-201(8) (2019)
Utah Code § 53E-7-202 (2019)
Utah Code § 53E-7-207 (2019)

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