If harassment is based on a student's color, race, national origin, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, or disability, it is considered discriminatory harassment.
Direct evidence often involves a statement from a decision-maker that expresses a discriminatory motive. Direct evidence can also include express or admitted classifications, in which a recipient explicitly distributes benefits or burdens based on race, color, or national origin.
Discriminatory harassment occurs when conduct is: 1. Based on a student's protected class, AND 2. Serious enough to create a hostile environment. Discriminatory harassment can involve conduct between students, employee-to-student conduct, and conduct involving school visitors.
Definition of Discriminatory Harassment Has the purpose or effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment; or. Has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's work performance; or. Otherwise adversely affects an individual's employment opportunities.
Direct evidence often involves a statement from a decision-maker that expresses a discriminatory motive. Direct evidence can also include express or admitted classifications, in which a recipient explicitly distributes benefits or burdens based on race, color, or national origin.
Online: You may file a complaint with OCR using OCR's electronic complaint form at the following website: . Mail or Facsimile: You may mail or send by facsimile information to the address or phone number available at this link.
Examples of discrimination in education a school refuses to admit a pupil with a facial disfigurement because of concerns that she may upset other pupils - this would be direct discrimination because of disability.
It might be possible to sue a school for discrimination if they violated your or your child's civil rights by discriminating based on race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or any other protected status.