Non-Discrimination Statement

The Nassau BOCES offers employment and educational opportunities without regard to age, color, creed, disability, familial status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, military/veteran status, national origin, predisposing genetic characteristics, race, religion (including religious practice and/or expression), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical condition), sexual orientation or victim of domestic violence status. In accordance with Federal law, the Nassau BOCES shall provide equal facility access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.

The Nassau BOCES shall not discriminate or take any retaliatory action against an employee with respect to compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment because of the employee’s or dependent’s reproductive health decision-making.

The Nassau BOCES shall take steps to ensure that a lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission and participation in any Nassau BOCES program.

The Nassau BOCES offers the following Career and Technical Education programs, each of which has specific admissions criteria as more fully set forth on the Nassau BOCES website at www.nassauboces.org/cte-catalog.

The Nassau BOCES Civil Rights Compliance Officers are responsible for coordinating efforts in furtherance of complying with and implementing this Non-Discrimination Statement, including but not limited to, the Nassau BOCES obligations under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as amended; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; Titles IV, VI, VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; The Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act; Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act; NYS Human Rights Law §296(1)(a); and the Dignity for All Students Act. Information and grievance procedures are available by contacting the following Civil Rights Compliance Officers:

• Thomas McGrath
  Assistant Superintendent – Human Resources & Regional Schools and Instructional Programs
  71 Clinton Road
  Garden City, NY 11530
  516-396-2358
  tmcgrath@nasboces.org
• Sammy Gergis
  Director Department of Human Resources
  71 Clinton Road
  Garden City, NY 11530
  516-396-2347
  sgergis@nasboces.org
• Selma Stoddard, Esq.
  Attorney – Employee Relations
  Department of Human Resources
  71 Clinton Road, Garden City, NY 11530
  516-396-2360
  sstoddard@nasboces.org

For further information, please see Policies 0100 Equal Opportunity and Non-Discrimination; 0110 Sexual Harassment and 0115 Dignity for All Students Act. The entire policy manual is available on the Nassau BOCES website: www.nassauboces.org.

Inquiries concerning the application of regulations prohibiting discrimination may be referred to the above-mentioned individuals or to the following:

• Office for Civil Rights at NY Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, 32 Old Slip, 26th Floor, New York, NY 10005-2500 or call 646-428-3900, or fax 646-428-3843, or TDD 800-877-8339 or email OCR.NewYork@ed.gov or file form at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html.
• The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) may be reached at 33 Whitehall Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10004 or call 1-800-669-4000, or 1-800-669-6820 (TTY), or fax 212-336-3790 or email info@eeoc.gov.
• The New York State Division of Human Rights (NYSDHR) may be reached at One Fordham Plaza, 4th Floor, Bronx, NY 10458 or call 1-888-392-3644 or 718-741-8300 (TDD/TTY) or email info@dhr.ny.gov, complaint forms may be sent directly to complaint@dhr.ny.gov or faxed to 718-741-8322.