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Non-Discrimination Policy

EDCOE PUBLIC NOTICE

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
 
The El Dorado County Office of Education (EDCOE) is committed to achieving full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. 
 
EDCOE DOES NOT:
  • Deny the benefits of EDCOE programs, services and activities to qualified individuals with a disability on the basis of a disability.
  • Discriminate on the basis of disability in access to or provision of programs, services, activities of EDCOE, or application for employment or employment to qualified individuals with disabilities.
  • Provide separate, unequal or different programs, services or activities, unless the separate or different programs are necessary to ensure that the benefits and services are equally effective.
 
EDCOE operates its programs so that, when viewed in their entirety, they are readily accessible to or usable by individuals with disabilities.
 
EDCOE welcomes those with disabilities to participate fully in the programs, services and activities offered to students, parents, guardians and members of the public.  If you need a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in any program, service or activity offered to you, contact the district ADA Coordinator at least 48 hours before the scheduled event so that we may make every reasonable effort to accommodate you. [Government Code Section 54953.2; Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 202 (42 U.S.C. Section 12132).]
 
The U.S. Department of Education has recognized the importance of extracurricular activities, particularly club, intramural and interscholastic athletics in the daily lives of all students including qualified students with disabilities. EDCOE wishes to be responsive and compliant with this law and to that end has and will implement appropriate procedures to assess a student with disabilities qualifications to participate in extracurricular activities, work with the appropriate organizations, leagues and clubs to ensure compliance, and work to provide reasonable accommodation whenever practicable and consistent with the stated purpose of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act.    
 
In accordance with Section 35.106 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, all participants, applicants, organizations and interested individuals are advised and noticed that the ADA Coordinator for EDCOE is:
 
Philip Jones, ADA Coordinator
Director of Facilities & Maintenance
EDCOE
6767 Green Valley Rd
Placerville, CA 95667
Phone: 530-295-2205
Fax: 530-621-2543
Safe School Environment

Safe School Environment

El Dorado County Office of Education desires to provide a safe school environment that allows all students equal access and opportunities in the district's academic and other educational support programs, services, and activities. The Board prohibits, at any district school or school activity, unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying of any student based on the student's actual race, color, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression; the perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
 
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Web Accessibility

Web Accessibility

El Dorado County Office of Education strives to ensure that its services are accessible to people with disabilities. The El Dorado County Office of Education has invested significant resources to help ensure that its website is made easier to use and more accessible for people with disabilities, with the strong belief that every person has the right to live with dignity, equality, comfort and independence.

El Dorado County Office of Education continues its efforts to constantly improve the accessibility of its site and services in the belief that it is our collective obligation to allow seamless, accessible and unhindered use for all, including those of us with disabilities.

Despite our efforts to make all pages and content on all El Dorado County Office of Education websites fully accessible, some content may not have yet been fully adapted to the strictest accessibility standards. This may be a result of not having found or identified the most appropriate technological solution.