• Coordinate and apply the School Board’s commitment to equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in Division programs and activities.

• Monitor Division compliance with appropriate federal and state laws, civil rights statutes, and School Board policies and regulations.

• Coordinate all grievance, discrimination and harassment claims.

• Coordinate investigations of  all internal discrimination complaints filed by students, employees, applicants for employment, and other persons who assert such claims against the School Division. Provide for the timely and equitable resolution of such complaints. 

• Coordinate and record compliance with all Freedom of Information Act requests, (FOIA), subpoenas, and other legal correspondence.  Act as Division liaison with legal counsel for the Division.

• Coordinate the amendment and revision of all relevant policies, regulations, and practices associated with issues of discrimination, harassment, grievances, investigations, and conflict resolution procedures.

• Coordinate and present training programs to employees of Prince William County Public Schools to promote compliance with School Division policies, regulations, and state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination; and encourage equitable treatment in School Division practices.

Foundations and Basic Committments

• Policy 060 - Nondiscrimination and Commitment to Equity
• Regulation 060-2 - Nondiscrimination Against Students on the Basis of Disability
• Regulation 063-1 - Nondiscrimination (Title IX)

Entities and individuals who enter into a contract or other agreement with the Prince William County School Board, or any subdivision thereof, agree to abide by all federal and state anti-discrimination and harassment laws and implementing regulations, and all policies and regulations of the Prince William County School Board. Noncompliance with these policies and regulations may constitute grounds for termination of the contract or agreement.

• Policy 507.01 - Sexual Harassment of Employees   
  
• Regulation 507.01-1 - Sexual Harassment Involving Employees
  
• Regulation 507-1 - Complaint Procedures for Claims of Discrimination in the Work Place
  
• Regulation 738-3 - Sexual Harassment of Students
  
• Video - Preventing Sexual Harassment  (Works best with Adobe Flash player - Get player)
  
• Video - Preventing Sexual Harrassment (Spanish Version)
  
• Preventing Workplace Harassment (.pdf document)

The School Division expressly prohibits retaliation against anyone engaging in protected activity.
Those protected include anyone who files a complaint of discrimination, participates in complaint proceedings dealing with discrimination, inquires about their rights under discrimination laws, or otherwise opposes acts of discrimination.

Under this policy, discriminatory harassment is any unwelcome behavior, based on a person’s protected class, which is sufficiently severe or pervasive and has the purpose or effect of either unreasonably interfering with the person’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.

Administrators, managers, and supervisors are responsible for maintaining a workplace free of harassment and discrimination, shall take immediate and appropriate action reasonably calculated to end the harassment upon witnessing or receiving report(s) of harassment, and should immediately consult with the OEC for appropriate action once they know about a potential discriminatory situation.

Any administrator, manager, or supervisor who engages in discriminatory conduct shall be investigated once it is made known to OEC personnel. Employees and applicants have a responsibility to refrain from engaging in any behavior that violates this policy while at work and during work-related functions. Employees who experience or observe any job-related harassment or believe they have been treated in a discriminatory manner are expected to report the incident(s) to management in order to correct and prevent harassment.

• Regulation 508.01-1 Procedures for Adjusting Grievances for Certificated Employees
• Regulation 508.02-1 Procedures for Adjusting Grievances for Administrative and Classified Employees
• Regulation 506.03-1 Employee Rights

Discrimination Complaints

The Office of  Equity and Compliance coordinates internal investigations into charges of discrimination filed by students, applicants, or employees.  These charges of discrimination against the Division may also be filed through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), or the Prince William County Human Rights Commission (PWC-HRC).

• Policy 507.01 - Sexual Harassment of Employees

U.S.Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Washington Field Office D.C.
1801 L Street, N.W., Suite 100
Washington, D.C.20507

Office for Civil Rights
D.C. Enforcement Office
U.S. Department of Education
1100 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Room 316
P.O. Box14620
Washington, D.C.20044-4620