File:  GBA - Open Hiring/Equal Employment Opportunity

The Board subscribes to the fullest extent to the principles of the dignity of all people and of their labors. It also recognizes that it is both culturally and educationally sound to have persons of diverse backgrounds on the school district's staff.

Therefore, the district promotes and provides for equal opportunity in recruitment, selection, promotion, and dismissal of all personnel. Total commitment on the part of the district towards equal employment opportunity applies to all people without regard to disability, race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, religion, ancestry, age, genetic information, or conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth.

The district will ensure that it does not unlawfully discriminate in any area of employment including job advertising, pre-employment requirements, recruitment, compensation, fringe benefits, job classifications, promotion, and termination.

Current practice codified 1992

Adopted: date of manual adoption

Revised October 8, 2007

Revised July 11, 2012

Revised October 10, 2016

Revised September 14, 2020

Revised December 13, 2021

Revised August 26, 2024

LEGAL REFS.:  20 U.S.C. §1681 (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972)

29 U.S.C. §201 et seq. (Fair Labor Standards Act)

29 U.S.C. §621 et seq. (Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967)

29 U.S.C. §794 et seq. (Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973)

42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq. (Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act)

42 U.S.C. §2000d (Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)

42 U.S.C. §2000e (Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)

42 U.S.C. §2000ff (Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008)

C.R.S. 2-4-401 (3.4) (definition of gender expression)

C.R.S. 2-4-401 (3.5) (definition of gender identity)

C.R.S. 2-4-401 (13.5) (definition of sexual orientation)

C.R.S. 22-32-110 (1)(k) ) (definition of racial or ethnic background includes hair texture, definition of protective hairstyle)

C.R.S. 22-61-101 (discrimination in employment prohibited)

C.R.S. 2-4-401 (3.4) (definition of gender expression)

C.R.S. 2-4-401 (3.5) (definition of gender identity)

C.R.S. 24-34-301 et. seq. (Colorado Civil Rights Division procedures)

C.R.S. 24-34-301 (7) (definition of sexual orientation)

C.R.S. 24-34-402 et. seq. (discriminatory or unfair employment practices)

C.R.S. 24-34-402.3 (discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions; notice of right to be free from such discrimination must be posted "in a conspicuous place" accessible to employees)

CROSS REFS.:  AC, Nondiscrimination/Equal Opportunity

GBAA, Sexual Discrimination and Harassment