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The Palo Verde Community College District is committed to equal employment opportunity principles and practices. The District is also committed to principles of diversity and inclusion which are fundamental elements of higher education to ensure equity, retention and success.
As reflected in this EEO Plan, the District is committed to a continuing, good-faith effort to ensure that all qualified applicants for employment and employees have full and equal access to employment opportunities, and are not subject to discrimination in any program or activity of the District on the basis of ethnic group identification, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability, ancestry, sexual orientation, language, accent, citizenship status, transgender, parental status, marital status, economic status, socio-economic backgrounds, veteran status, medical condition, or on the basis of these perceived characteristics, or based on association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
The District strives to achieve a workforce that is welcoming to all people, including those in legally protected categories, to ensure the District provides an inclusive educational and employment environment. Such an environment fosters cooperation, collaboration, acceptance, democracy, and free expression of ideas.
The Plan will be maintained to ensure the implementation of equal employment opportunity principles that conform to federal and state laws.
Board Policy 3420 - Equal Employment Opportunity
The Board supports the intent set forth by the California Legislature to assure that effort is made to build a community in which opportunity is equalized, and community colleges foster a climate of acceptance, with the inclusion of faculty and staff from a wide variety of backgrounds. It agrees that diversity in the academic environment fosters cultural awareness, mutual understanding and respect, harmony and respect, and suitable role models for all students. The Board therefore commits itself to promote the total realization of equal employment through a continuing equal employment opportunity program.
The Superintendent/President shall develop, for review and adoption by the Board, a plan for equal employment opportunity that complies with the Education Code and Title 5 requirements as from time to time modified or clarified by judicial interpretation.
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