File: GBA

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

The Agawam School Committee subscribes to the fullest extent to the principle of the dignity of all people and of their labors and will take action to ensure that any individual within the district who is responsible for hiring and/or personnel supervision understands that applicants are employed, assigned, and promoted without regard to their race, creed, color, age, sex, national origin or sexual orientation. Every available opportunity will be taken in order to assure that each applicant for a position is selected on the basis of qualifications, merit and ability.

LEGAL REFS.: Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended in 1972, Title VI, Title VII Executive Order 11246, 1965, as amended by Executive Order 11375 Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, Title VII

Education Amendments of 1972, Title IX (P.L. 92-318)

45 CFR, Parts 81, 86 (Federal Register June 4, 1975,

August 11, 1975

CROSS REFS.: AC, Nondiscrimination

ACA*, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex JB, Equal Educational Opportunities

Agawam Public Schools