Source:  Board Policy 2260, Board Policy 2264 (effective August 1, 2024)

NONDISCRIMINATION AND ACCESS TO EQUAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY

The Board of Education is committed to providing an equal educational opportunity for all students in the District.

The Board does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, sex, (including transgender status, change of sex or gender identity), or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability ("Protected Classes") in any of its student program and activities.

The Board is also committed to equal employment opportunity in its employment policies and practices as they relate to students.

The Board of the School District of Sheboygan Falls does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX, including in admission and employment. 

Discrimination on the basis of sex includes discrimination on the basis of sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity.

The Board is committed to maintaining an education and work environment that is free from sex discrimination (including sex-based harassment), responding promptly and effectively when it has knowledge of conduct that reasonably may constitute sex discrimination, and addressing sex discrimination in its education program or activity. Persons who commit sex-based harassment are subject to the full range of disciplinary sanctions set forth in this policy. The Board will provide persons who have experienced sex-based harassment ongoing remedies as reasonably necessary to restore or preserve access to the District’s education program or activity.

Reporting Procedures

Students, parents and all other members of the School District community are encouraged to promptly report suspected violations of this policy to a teacher or administrator. Any teacher or administrator who receives such a complaint shall file it with the District’s Compliance Officer at his/her first opportunity.

Students who believe they have been denied equal access to District educational opportunities in a manner inconsistent with this policy may initiate a complaint and the investigation process that is set forth below. Initiating a complaint will not adversely affect the complaining individual's participation in educational or extra-curricular programs unless the complaining individual makes the complaint maliciously or with the knowledge that it is false.

Title IX Complaint Coordinators/Compliance Officers (hereinafter referred to as the "COs")

The Board designates the following individuals to serve as the District’s CO's:

Title II of ADA and Section 504 Coordinators

The Board designates the following individual to serve as the District’s Coordinator for Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973:

Emilie Dahm
Director of Student Services
920-487-7894
1 Alfred W. Miley Ave
Sheboygan Falls, WI 53085
ebdahm@sheboyganfalls.k12.wi.us

A CO will be available during regular school/work hours to discuss concerns related to student discrimination in educational opportunities under this policy.

Complaint Form

The CO shall investigate any complaints brought under this policy. Throughout the course of the process, the CO should keep the parties informed of the status of the investigation and the decision-making process.

All complaints must include the following information to the extent it is available: a description of the alleged violation, the identity of the individual(s) believed to have engaged in, or to be actively engaging in, conduct in violation of this policy, if any; a detailed description of the facts upon which the complaint is based; and a list of potential witnesses.

As soon as appropriate in the investigation process, the CO will inform any individual named by the Complainant in connection with an alleged violation of this policy, that a complaint has been received. The person(s) must also be provided an opportunity to respond to the complaint.

Full detail of the Reporting, Investigation and Complaint Procedure, as well as the Appeal Process can be found in Board Policy 2260 and Board Policy 2264 (effective August 1, 2024)