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EQUAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

It shall be the policy of the Lincoln Parish School Board that the school district shall place an equal emphasis upon the nondiscriminatory provision of educational opportunities for children and no person shall be excluded from participation in or denied the benefits of any education program or activity on the basis of race, color, disability, religion, creed, national origin, natural, protective, or cultural hairstyle, age, or sex.  All programs offered by schools within the school district shall be open to all students in compliance with statutory and judicial requirements.

Any person who has inquiries, concerns, or complaints related to issues involving students with disabilities and/or compliance with disabilities rights laws should contact the Lincoln Parish School Board's Section 504 Coordinator.  Contact information is as follows:

Emery Wilkerson, 504 Coordinator

Lincoln Parish School Board

1435 Mayberry St.

Ruston, LA  71270

(318) 255-8451

The name of the current 504 Coordinator can be found on the school district website and in student handbooks.

Any person who has inquiries, concerns, or complaints related to issues involving sex discrimination should contact the Lincoln Parish School Board's Title IX Coordinator.  Contact information is as follows:

John Young, Assistant Superintendent

Lincoln Parish School Board

410 South Farmerville St.

Ruston, LA  71270

(318) 255-1430

The name of the current Title IX Coordinator can be found on the school district website and in student handbooks.

All other inquiries, concerns, or complaints the non-discrimination of students on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or age should contact:

John Young, Assistant Superintendent

Lincoln Parish School Board

410 South Farmerville St.

Ruston, LA  71270

(318) 255-1430

Revised:  November 1, 2016

Revised:  August 2, 2022

Ref:    20 USC 1401 et seq. (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)

20 USC 1681 et seq. (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972)

29 USC 621 et seq. (Age Discrimination in Employment)

29 USC 794 (Nondiscrimination under Federal Grants and Programs)

42 USC 1983 (Civil Action for Deprivation of Rights)

42 USC 2000c (1-9) (Civil Rights - Public Education)

42 USC 2000d (1964 Civil Rights Act)

La. Rev. Stat. Ann. §§17:111, 46:2254

Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, 419 F.2d 1211 (5th Cir. 1969)

San Antonio Independent School District v. Rodriguez, 93 S.Ct. 1278 (1973)

Ross v. Moffitt, 94 S.Ct. 437 (1974)

Regents of University of California v. Bakke, 98 S.Ct. (1978)

Board minutes, 11-1-16, 8-2-22

Lincoln Parish School Board