SECTION 780:1-7-1. General Provisions

(a)   Legislation. The Department shall conduct all operations in a manner that ensures compliance with the following civil rights-related laws and their implementing regulations:

(1)   Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin;

(2)   Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex;

(3)   Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.

(4)   The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.

(b)   Nondiscrimination. The Department will not require, approve of, or engage in any discrimination or denial of services on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in performing any of the following activities:

(1)   Establishing criteria or formulas for the distribution of federal or state funds to career and technology education programs in the state;

(2)   Establishing requirements for admission to or administering career and technology education programs;

(3)   Approving actions by local entities providing career and technology education; and,

(4)   Conducting its own programs and state agency operations, including, but not limited to, employing staff, developing and disseminating materials and the awarding of competitive grants and contracts.

(c)   Filing of methods and procedures. The Department shall submit and maintain on file with the Office for Civil Rights the methods of administration and procedures it will follow in complying with requirements of the Guidelines for Eliminating Discrimination and Denial of Service on the Basis of Race, Color, National Origin, Sex, and Handicap [44 FR 17162 (March 21, 1979)].

(d)   Compliance program. The Department will adopt a compliance program to prevent, identify, and remedy discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability by its subrecipients. This program will include the following activities:

(1)   Collecting and analyzing civil rights-related data and information that subrecipients compile for their own purposes or that are submitted to state and federal officials under existing authorities;

(2)   Conducting periodic compliance reviews of selected subrecipients (i.e., an investigation of a subrecipient to determine whether it engages in unlawful discrimination in any aspect of its program); upon finding unlawful discrimination, notifying the subrecipient of steps it must take to attain compliance, and attempting to obtain voluntary compliance;

(3)   Providing technical assistance upon request to subrecipients, which includes assisting subrecipients in identifying unlawful discrimination and instructing them in remedies for and prevention of such discrimination; and,

(4)   Periodically reporting the Department's activities and findings to the Office for Civil Rights.

[Source: Amended at 9 Ok Reg 2597, eff 6-25-92; Amended at 10 Ok Reg 1865, eff 5-13-93; Amended at 12 Ok Reg 1841, eff 6-12-95; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 2011, eff 5-27-97; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 3189, eff 7-12-99; Amended at 18 Ok Reg 3269, eff 7-26-01; Amended at 22 Ok Reg 2273, eff 7-1-05]