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EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

It shall be the policy of the Cameron Parish School Board that the school district shall place an equal emphasis upon the nondiscriminatory provision of educational opportunities for children and no person shall be denied the benefits of any education program or activity on the basis of race, color, handicap, creed, national origin, age, or sex.  All programs offered by schools within the school district shall be open to all students in compliance with statutory and judicial requirements.

Ref:    20 USC 1401 et seq. (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)

20 USC 1681 (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972)

29 USC 621 (Age Discrimination in Employment)

29 USC 794 (Nondiscrimination under Federal grants and programs)

42 USC 1983 (Civil action for deprivation of rights)

42 USC 2000c (1-9) (Civil Rights - Public Education)

42 USC 2000d (1-6) (1964 Civil Rights Act)

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:111, 46:2254

Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, 419 F.2d 1211 (5th Cir. 1969)

San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, 93 S.Ct. 1278 (1973)

Ross v. Moffitt, 94 S.Ct. 437 (1974)

Regents of University of California v. Bakke, 98 S.Ct. (1978)

Cameron Parish School Board