Federal and state laws protect the rights of students and employees of publicly supported colleges and universities. This site will provide you greater insight into the legislation and court decisions that define those rights.

• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Statement
• Employee Discrimination Complaint Procedures
• Employee Discrimination Complaint Form
• Student Discrimination Complaint Procedures
• Student Discrimination Complaint Form
• Guidelines - Use of Community College District Resources to Influence the Outcome of Elections (download)

• Sexual Harassment Tutorial

• Academic Freedom...Is It On the Ropes?
• Academic Freedom "Safeguarded" by American Courts
• Access and the Undocumented Student
• Americans with Disabilities: Questions and Answers
• Answers to Questions About Affirmative Action
• Avenues For Resolving Student Discrimination Complaints
• ...Between Church and State
• Community Colleges Outside Proposition 200 Mandates
• Courts Balance Interest in Protecting Student Speech
• Courts Now Outlaw Age Harassment
• Courts Question Reasoning of Sexual-Harassment Guidelines
• Gender Discrimination Law Prohibits Retaliation
• Going to Court Over Grades
• Eliminating Race- and Ethnic-Based Preferences in Public
  Employment and Education
• Employee Policies and Accommodating Persons with Disabilities
• Family Members' Access to Student Academic Records
• Federal Laws Protect Students with Disabilities
• First Amendment Rights and the Courts on Limiting and Compelling Speech
• FMLA Provides Job Protection for Family- and Medical-Related Leaves of Absence
• Freedom of Speech and Hostile Environment
• I Can't Believe You Said That! Employee First Amendment Rights
• New Guidelines Target Peer Sexual Harassment
• Political Activity on Campus
• Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education Since Bakke
• Racial Discrimination/Hostile Environment
• Sexual Harassment Liability in School and at Work Determined by US Supreme Court
• Sexual Harassment on Campus
• Sexual Harassment at Work
• State Law Prohibits Use of SSNs
• State's Attempt to Outlaw Minority Preferences Dies
• Student Discrimination Complaint Procedures Reflect Significant Modifications
• Students Grading Students: Is it an Invasion of Privacy?
• Supreme Court Narrows Scope of ADA Disabilities
• The Rights of Employees with Disabilities
• The Rights of Students with Disabilities