Eastern Suffolk BOCES does not discriminate against any employee, student, applicant for employment, or candidate for enrollment on the basis of sex, gender, race, color, religion or creed, age, weight, national origin, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, transgender status, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or any other classification protected by Federal, State, or local law. This policy of nondiscrimination includes: access by students to educational programs, student activities, recruitment, appointment and promotion of employees, salaries, pay, and other benefits.
ESBOCES also provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. ESBOCES fully complies with all applicable rules and regulations pertaining to civil rights for students and employees (e.g., Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, §504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Dignity for All Students Act, §303 of Age Discrimination Act of 1975, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act of 2001).
Inquiries regarding the implementation of the above laws should be directed to either of the ESBOCES Civil Rights Compliance Officers:
Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources
201 Sunrise Highway
Patchogue, NY 11772
631-687-3029
ComplianceOfficers@esboces.org
Associate Superintendent for Educational Services
201 Sunrise Highway
Patchogue, NY 11772
631-687-3056
ComplianceOfficers@esboces.org
Inquiries may also be addressed to:
Office for Civil Rights at the US Department of Education
32 Old Slip, 26th Floor
New York, NY 10005
646-428-3800
OCR.NewYork@ed.gov
