5751 - PARENTAL STATUS OF STUDENTS

The Board of Education is committed to maintaining an education environment that is free from discrimination based on sex or any other protected class factors. No student, whether married or unmarried, who is otherwise eligible to attend school in the District shall be discriminated against or denied participation in an educational program or activity solely because of pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy-related disabilities, or actual or potential parenthood. Complaints of sex-based discrimination will be addressed pursuant to Board Policy 2260.

Pregnant students and students recovering from childbirth may request reasonable modifications to support their pregnancy-related needs by contacting the principal, school counselor, or school nurse. In the event that a student is unable to attend school due to a pregnancy-related condition, the student will be considered on an excused absence for as long a period as is deemed medically necessary by the student's physician. At the conclusion of the absence, the student shall be reinstated to the same academic and extracurricular status that the student held when the absence began, and shall be afforded an opportunity to make up any work missed while absent.

Lactating students will be provided with a reasonable amount of time to express breast milk during the school day.. An appropriate location will be provided that is suitable for expressing breast milk. The location must be shielded from view and not accessible during usage by any other person. The location provided may not be a bathroom. The school nurse or Principal will develop a schedule for expressing breast milk based on the student’s current needs. The schedule will be adjusted as the needs of the lactating student change. Students will be excused from class for scheduled breaks and will be permitted to make up any work missed. The Principal is responsible for notifying staff who may need to excuse the student from class or a scheduled activity to express breast milk.

Students will not be required to submit a doctor’s note as a condition of participating in a curricular or extracurricular program or activity unless a doctor’s note is required from all students who have a physical or mental condition requiring treatment by a doctor or who have been recently hospitalized for other types of medical conditions.

Revised 6/16/11

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