• Hate Motivated Behavior Prevention & Response (BP 5145.9)

    The Governing Board is committed to providing a safe learning environment protects students  from discrimination,harassment, intimidation, bullying, and other  behavior motivated by a person's hostility towards another person's real or perceived ethnicity, national origin, immigrant status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, age disability, or any other physical or cultural characteristic.  The Superintendent or designee shall design strategies to promote harmonious relationships among students, prevent incidents of hate-motivated behavior to the extent possible, and address such incidents if they occur.

    The Superintendent or designee shall collaborate with regional programs and community organizations to promote safe environments for youth. Such collaborative efforts shall focus on ensuring an efficient use of district and community resources, developing effective prevention strategies and response plans, providing assistance to students affected by hate-motivated behavior, and/or educating students who have perpetrated hate-motivated acts.

    The district shall provide students with age-appropriate instruction that includes the development of social-emotional learning, promotes their understanding of and respect for human rights, diversity, and acceptance in a multicultural society and provides strategies to manage conflicts constructively.

    As necessary the district shall provide counseling, guidance and support, to students who are victims of hate-motivated behavior, and to students who exhibit such behavior.

    The Superintendent or designee shall ensure that the rules prohibiting hate-motivated behavior and procedures for reporting a hate-motivated incident are provided to students and parents/guardians.

    The Superintendent or designee shall provide staff  with training  on recognizing and preventing hate-motivated behavior and on effectively enforcing rules for appropriate student conduct.

     

    Complaint Process

    A student or parent/guardian who believes the student  is a victim of hate-motivated behavior is strongly encouraged to report the incident to a teacher, the principal or other staff member. 

    Any staff member who  is notified that hate-motivated behavior has occurred,  observe such behavior, or otherwise becomes aware of an incident shall immediately contact the principal, or compliance officer responsible for coordinating the district's response to complaints and complying with state and federal civil rights laws.  As appropriate, he /she shall also contact law enforcement. 

    Any complaint of hate-motivated behavior shall be investigated and, if determined to be discriminatory, shall be resolved in accordance with law and the district's uniform complaint procedures specified in AR 1312.3 - Uniform Complaint Procedures. If, during the investigation, it is determined that a complaint is about nondiscriminatory behavior, the principal or designee shall inform the complainant and shall take all necessary actions to resolve the complaint.