Departamento de Educación del Estado de Hawái

Ka ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao o ke Aupuni Hawaiʻi

División de Cumplimiento de Derechos Civiles

Notice of Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment

División de Cumplimiento de Derechos Civiles (CRCB)

The Civil Rights Compliance Branch is committed to the Department’s overall compliance with federal, state departmental administrative rules y policies, which strictly prohibit any form of discrimination, including harassment and/or retaliation based upon a protected class, as it relates to students, employees y members of the public who access our services, programs y activities. 

Protected classes include: race; sex, including gender identity y gender expression; age; religion; color; ancestry; sexual orientation; citizenship; national origin; military/veteran status; disability; marital/civil union status; arrest y court record; genetic information; credit history; domestic or sexual violence victim status. The CRCB oversees the Department’s compliance with federal laws that include, but are not limited to: 

  • Title IX of the Educational Amendment of 1972, also known as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act; 
  • Title VI y VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, y as amended in 1991; 
  • Equal Educational Opportunity Act of 1974; 
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, y as amended in 2008; y 
  • The Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

The CRCB also coordinates y responds on behalf of the Department to complaints that have been filed by individual employees y/or parents with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); the Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission (HCRC); y the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR). 

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When required, the CRCB follows up with corrective action plans y compliance requirements with OCR, EEOC, HCRC, the U.S. Department of Justice; the Office of the State Director for Career y Technical Education; y coordinates data requests y other compliance requirements with the state Office of Language Access​.

The CRCB also conducts internal investigations of complaints arising from alleged protected class discrimination, harassment or bullying from employees, students or parents of our public schools statewide, in matters pertaining to Board of Education Policies 305-10 y 900-1. (See Important policies y forms below.)

La CRCB coordina las solicitudes de adaptaciones razonables según la directiva del superintendente para los empleados en todo el estado.

The CRCB conducts Chapter 19​ Administrative Appeal Hearings y related activities as the superintendent’s designee.

Important Policies y Forms

Equal Educational Opportunity Brochure

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Texto traducido

Employee y Applicant Non-Discrimination Policy

Employee y Applicant Non-Discrimination Policy Brochure (PDF)

Reglas administrativas de Hawái, Título 8-Capítulo 89

Civil rights policy y complaint procedure for student(s) complaints against adult(s).

Adaptaciones razonables

Please complete the Form RA-1 y Form RA-3 for medical accommodation requests. For state-level employees, requests may be submitted to the CRCB ADA specialist. For all other employees, requests may be submitted to the applicable CRCB specialist for the complex area.

Solicitud de alojamiento religioso

For state y district-level employees, Formularios de solicitud de alojamiento religioso (PDF) Las solicitudes pueden enviarse al especialista del Título VII de la CRCB. Para todos los demás empleados, las solicitudes pueden enviarse al especialista de la CRCB correspondiente para el área compleja.

Examples of Non-Discrimination Laws

TÍTULO IX

Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination based on sex in schools y colleges receiving federal funding. Sex-based discrimination includes both sexual harassment and gender-based harassment. Sexual harassment is unwanted verbal, non-verbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Gender-based harassment is unwelcome conduct based on the individual’s actual or perceived sex, y includes harassment based on gender identity and non-conformity with stereotypical notions of femininity y masculinity. Title IX also covers gender equity in school athletic programs.

ACUERDO SOBRE LA ESCUELA SECUNDARIA JAMES CAMPBELL

In accordance with the settlement agreement reached in A.B. et al v. Hawaiʻi State Department of Education, et al, the interim and annual reports of the independent evaluator will be made publicly available.

  • The first interim report details efforts taken by the independent evaluator from the date of the settlement agreement, on or about Oct. 9, 2023, until the date of the report, Jan. 26, 2024.
  • The second interim report details efforts taken from the date of the settlement agreement until the date of the report, Feb. 28, 2025.

Interim Grievance Procedures for Sexual Acoso

Materiales de formación

Orientación sobre apoyos para estudiantes transgénero

TÍTULO VI

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color or national origin in programs or activities in federal funding.

ADA

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a comprehensive civil rights law that prohibits discrimination and guarantees that people with disabilities have the same rights y opportunities as everyone else. To be covered by the ADA, one must have a disability, which is defined as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, a person who has a history or record of such an impairment, or a person who is perceived by others as having such an impairment.

  • Título I: Title I of the ADA pertains to the rights of individuals with disabilities in employment settings. Under Title I, an employer cannot discriminate against qualified applicants y employees on the basis of disability.
  • Título II: Title II of the ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability by public entities. Under Title II, qualified individuals with disabilities cannot be discriminated against on the basis of their disability in services, programs y activities that are provided by public entities.​

Sección 504

Sección 504 is a civil rights law that ensures that a student with a disability has equal access to an education. It entitles students to a free y appropriate public education by providing a reasonable accommodation or modification for eligible students who are found to be “qualified disabled persons” under Section 504.

Personal del CRCB

Equipo de apoyo estatal

Director
Beth Schimmelfennig

Compliance Administrator
Rhonda Wong

Especialista en Título IX
Nicole Isa-Ijima

Title IX – Athletics Specialist
Dana Takahara-Dias

Especialista del Título VII
Kaanehe azul

Especialista del Título VI
Anna Tsang

Especialista en cumplimiento de derechos civiles
Alfonso Braggs

Especialista en ADA/504
Krysti Sukita

Secretario
Vacante

Contacto

808-784-6325
[email protected]

Equipo de soporte regional

Aiea-Moanalua-Radford
Complex Area Compliance Specialist

Cristina Simpson
808-797-7685
[email protected]

Baldwin-Kekaulike-Kūlanihāko'i-Maui
Área compleja Especialista en cumplimiento

Maria Letasz
808-600-9417
[email protected]

Campbell-Kapolei
Área compleja Especialista en cumplimiento

Nara Sitachita
808-829-7168
[email protected]

Castillo-Kahuku
Área compleja Especialista en cumplimiento

James Nichols
808-829-6981
[email protected]

Farrington-Kaiser-Kalani
Área compleja Especialista en cumplimiento

Alexis Mukaida
808-829-7182
[email protected]

Hāna-Lahainaluna-Lāna'i-Molokai
Área compleja Especialista en cumplimiento

Courtney Dennis
808-379-6208
[email protected]

Hilo-Waiākea
Área compleja Especialista en cumplimiento

Dee Sugihara
808-600-9576
[email protected]

Honoka'a-Kealakehe-Kohala-Konawaena
Área compleja Especialista en cumplimiento

Chris Jungers
808-600-9613
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Ka'ū-Kea'au-Pāhoa
Área compleja Especialista en cumplimiento

Moana Hokoana
808-373-6750
[email protected]

Kaimukī-McKinley-Roosevelt
Área compleja Especialista en cumplimiento

María Neilson
808-892-6887
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Kailua-Kalāheo
Área compleja Especialista en cumplimiento

Flor Williams
808-597-6566
[email protected]

Kapaa, Kauai y Waimea
Área compleja Especialista en cumplimiento

David Dooley
808-379-5299
[email protected]

Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua
Área compleja Especialista en cumplimiento

Michael Murakami
808-600-9299
[email protected]

Nānākuli-Wai'anae
Área compleja Especialista en cumplimiento

Lanza Larsen
808-600-9481
[email protected]

Ciudad Perla-Waipahu
Área compleja Especialista en cumplimiento

Shari Dela Cuadra
808-629-9114
[email protected]