File:  JIE/JIG - Pregnant/Married Students

The pregnancy and/or marital status of students shall not affect their rights to receive a public education nor their privileges as students in the district nor their opportunities to take part in extracurricular activities or honors offered by the school.  Therefore, the following shall apply:

•  The district shall not apply any rule concerning a student´s actual or potential parental, family or marital status which treats students differently on the basis of sex.

•  The district shall not discriminate against any student or exclude any student from its education programs or activities including any class or extracurricular activity on the basis of a student´s pregnancy or recovery therefrom or on the basis of a student´s marriage unless the student voluntarily requests to participate in an alternative program which may be available.

•  Girls who are pregnant may continue in school so long as it is physically advisable as determined by the girl´s physician in consultation with the school administration.  When it is deemed advisable to discontinue attending regular classes, the student shall meet with the counselor and special education and/or related services personnel to arrange for continuation of study and completion of credits.

Adopted:  August 1998

LEGAL REFS.:  20 U.S.C. §§1681, 1682   (Title IX)

34 C.F.R. 21 (c)(2)