The Sonoma County Junior College District is committed to an environment in which all employees and students are treated with respect and dignity. The District strongly condemns, opposes and prohibits unlawful discrimination against employees, applicants or students whether verbal, physical or environmental by anyone in or from the District. Any employee who violates this policy may be subject to discipline, up to and including termination. Any student who violates this policy may be subject to discipline, up to and including expulsion. Age refers to the chronological age of an individual who has reached his or her 40th birthday.
Religion includes all aspects of religious belief, observance and practice.
Disability is a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of an individual, or a record of such an impairment, or being regarded as having such an impairment. Sexual harassment is a form of unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex. As defined above, sexual harassment is a specific form of unlawful discrimination in which power inherent in a faculty member's or supervisor's relationship to his or her students or subordinates is exploited. The Sonoma County Junior College District shall adopt a procedure for unlawful discrimination complaints in order to effectively implement this policy statement. The District Compliance Officer has the responsibility and authority to accept and investigate complaints alleging unlawful discrimination.