Pennsylvania Code › Title 16 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Part II - Governor's Office › Subpart A - Human Relations Commission › Chapter 47 - EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS › UNLAWFUL DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES › Section 47.41 - Scope

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
In clarification of the language, "to...deny facilities
						or otherwise discriminate...," contained in section 4(a)(3) of the Pennsylvania
						Fair Educational Opportunities Act (24 P. S. §
												5004(a)(3)), and in
						clarification of the language, "...to refuse, withhold from, or deny to any
						person... either directly or indirectly...," contained in section 5(i)(1) of
						the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (43 P. S. §
												955(i)(1)), it shall be an
						unlawful discriminatory practice for a school subject to those statutes,
						because of the race, color, religious creed, ancestry or national origin of a
						student or group of students applying for admission or attending the school to
						do the following:
(1) Employ a quota
					 system based upon race, color, religious creed, ancestry or national
					 origin.
(2) Offer or impose a
					 different or special terms and conditions with respect to scholarships, grants
					 and loans given by the school itself.
(3) Deny an equal opportunity to participate
					 in extracurricular activities, including intermural and interscholastic
					 athletics as well as nonathletic activities.
(4) Give official school sanction to a
					 social, honorary or professional fraternity, sorority or other student
					 organization, if the student organization excludes or discriminates against an
					 individual on account of race, color, religious creed, ancestry or national
					 origin unless the student organization is founded for the express purpose of
					 assisting or ministering to students of a particular religion.
(5) Administer dormitories and other housing
					 operated by the school on a discriminatory or segregated basis, or to approve
					 and list housing rooming places which are privately operated, unless the
					 housing accommodations are open to students of the school without
					 discrimination on account of race, color, religious creed, ancestry or national
					 origin.
(6) Fail to make available
					 to students on an equal basis a school-operated health or recreational
					 facilities on or off the campus.
(7) Deny opportunities to students in making
					 placements of the students as interns, student teachers or workers in industry,
					 as part of the students' educational program.
(8) Fail to make available to every student
					 on an equal basis the full services of the placement office of the school, so
					 that each student may be placed in the best position for which he is qualified
					 in accordance with merit hiring principles.
(9) Permit the race, color, religious creed,
					 ancestry or national origin of a student to be indicated on a transcript of
					 record of the student or in a written or oral information given by the school
					 when the same is made available to a prospective employer, employment agency or
					 to a school of higher learning to which the student is applying for
					 admission.