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Ka ʻOihana Hoʻonaʻauao o ke Aupuni Hawaiʻi

Lālā Hoʻokō Pono Kivila

Notice of Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment

Lala Hoʻokō Pono Kivila (CRCB)

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

Protected classes include: race; sex, including gender identity a gender expression; age; religion; color; ancestry; sexual orientation; citizenship; national origin; military/veteran status; disability; marital/civil union status; arrest a 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 a VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, a as amended in 1991; 
  • Equal Educational Opportunity Act of 1974; 
  • The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, a as amended in 2008; a 
  • The Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

The CRCB also coordinates a responds on behalf of the Department to complaints that have been filed by individual employees a/or parents with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); the Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission (HCRC); a 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 a compliance requirements with OCR, EEOC, HCRC, the U.S. Department of Justice; the Office of the State Director for Career a Technical Education; a coordinates data requests a 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 a 900-1. (See Important policies a forms below.)

Hoʻonohonoho ka CRCB i nā noi no nā hale kūpono ma lalo o ke kuhikuhi a ka luna hoʻomalu no nā limahana a puni ka mokuʻāina. ,

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

Important Policies a Forms

Student Complaint Against Employee Policy

Equal Educational Opportunity Brochure (PDF)

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    Employee a Applicant Non-Discrimination Policy

    Employee a Applicant Non-Discrimination Policy Brochure (PDF)ʻ

    Nā lula hoʻomalu o Hawaiʻi, Poʻomanaʻo 8-Mokuna 89

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

    Nā hale noho kūpono

    Please complete the Form RA-1 a 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.

    Noi Noho Hoomana

    For state a district-level employees, Nā Palapala Noi Noho Hoʻomana (PDF). hiki ke waiho ʻia i ka loea CRCB Title VII. No nā limahana ʻē aʻe, hiki ke waiho ʻia nā noi i ka CRCB Specialist kūpono no ka wahi paʻakikī.

    Examples of Non-Discrimination Laws

    KUMU IX

    Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination based on sex in schools a 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, a includes harassment based on gender identity and non-conformity with stereotypical notions of femininity a masculinity. Title IX also covers gender equity in school athletic programs.

    JAMES CAMPBELL KULA KIEKIE

    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.

    • ʻO ka hōʻike manawa mua 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.
    • ʻO ka hōʻike manawa lua details efforts taken from the date of the settlement agreement until the date of the report, Feb. 28, 2025.

    Interim Grievance Procedures for Sexual Hoʻomāinoino

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    Alakaʻi no nā kākoʻo no nā haumāna Transgender

    KUMU 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 a 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.

    • Poʻomanaʻo I: Poʻomanaʻo 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 a employees on the basis of disability.
    • Poʻomanaʻo 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 a activities that are provided by public entities.​

    Pauku 504

    Pauku 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 a appropriate public education by providing a reasonable accommodation or modification for eligible students who are found to be “qualified disabled persons” under Section 504.

    Nā limahana CRCB

    Hui Kākoʻo Mokuʻāina

    Lunahooponopono
    Beth Schimmelfennig

    Luna Hooponopono
    Rhonda Wong

    Title IX Specialist
    Nicole Isa-Ijima

    Title IX – Athletics Specialist
    Dana Takahara-Dias

    Title VII Specialist
    Blue Kaanehe

    Title VI Specialist
    Anna Tsang

    Luna Hoʻokō Pono Kivila
    Alphonso Braggs

    ADA/504 Specialist
    Krysti Sukita

    Kakauolelo
    hakahaka

    Hoʻopili

    808-784-6325
    [email protected]

    Hui Kākoʻo ʻĀpana

    Aiea-Moanalua-Radford
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    ʻO Christina Simpson
    808-797-7685
    [email protected]

    Baldwin-Kekaulike-Kūlanihāko'i-Maui
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    Maria Letasz
    808-600-9417
    [email protected]

    Campbell-Kapolei
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    Nara Sitachitta
    808-829-7168
    [email protected]

    Castle-Kahuku
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    James Nichols
    808-829-6981
    [email protected]

    Farrington-Kaiser-Kalani
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    Alexis Mukaida
    808-829-7182
    [email protected]

    Hāna-Lahainaluna-Lānaʻi-Molokai
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    Courtney Dennis
    808-379-6208
    [email protected]

    Hilo-Waiākea
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    Dee Sugihara
    808-600-9576
    [email protected]

    Honoka'a-Kealakehe-Kohala-Konawaena
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    Chris Jungers
    808-600-9613
    [email protected]

    Kaʻū-Keaʻau-Pāhoa
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    Moana Hokoana
    808-373-6750
    [email protected]

    Kaimukī-McKinley-Roosevelt
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    Marie Neilson
    808-892-6887
    [email protected]

    Kailua-Kalāheo
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    Flor Williams
    808-597-6566
    [email protected]

    Kapaʻa-Kauaʻi-Waimea
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    David Dooley
    808-379-5299
    [email protected]

    Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    Michael Murakami
    808-600-9299
    [email protected]

    Nānākuli-Waiʻanae
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    Lance Larsen
    808-600-9481
    [email protected]

    Pearl City-Waipahu
    Mea Kūikawā Hoʻokō Wahi Paʻakikī
    Shari Dela Cuadra
    808-629-9114
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