Matagaluega o Aoga a le Setete o Hawaii

Ka 'Oihana Ho'ona'auao o le Malo o Hawai'i

Paranesi Tausia Aia Tatau a Tagata

Faasilasilaga a le Non-Fa'ailoga tagata and Anti-Harassment

Lala o le tausisia o Aia Tatau a Tagata (CRCB)

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

Protected classes include: race; sex, including gender identity ma gender expression; age; religion; color; ancestry; sexual orientation; citizenship; national origin; military/veteran status; disability; marital/civil union status; arrest ma 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: 

  • Ulutala IX o le Teuteuga o Aoga o 1972, ua lauiloa foi o le Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act; 
  • Ulutala VI ma VII o le Tulafono o Aia Tatau a Tagata o 1964, ma as amended in 1991; 
  • Tulafono Tutusa Avanoa A'oga o 1974; 
  • O le Tulafono a Amerika e iai Manaoga Fa'apitoa o 1990, ma as amended in 2008; ma 
  • O le Tulafono o le Toefuataiga o 1973.

The CRCB also coordinates ma responds on behalf o the Department to complaints that have been filed by individual employees ma/or parents with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); the Hawaiʻi Civil Rights Commission (HCRC); ma the U.S. Department o A'oga, Ofice mo Aia Tatau a Tagata (OCR). 

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When required, the CRCB follows up with corrective action plans ma compliance requirements with OCR, EEOC, HCRC, the U.S. Department o Fa'amasinoga; o le Ofisi o the State Director for Career ma Technical Education; ma coordinates data requests ma other compliance requirements with the state Ofisi o Avanoa Gagana.

E fa'atautaia fo'i e le CRCB su'esu'ega i totonu o fa'aseā e tula'i mai i tu'ua'iga o vasega puipuia fa'ailoga tagata, harassment or bullying from employees, students or parents o a tatou aoga a le malo i le setete atoa, i mataupu e faatatau i le Komiti Faatino o Education Policies 305-10 ma 900-1. (See Important policies ma forms below.)

E faamaopoopo e le CRCB talosaga mo nofoaga talafeagai i lalo o le faatonuga a le pule sili mo tagata faigaluega i le setete atoa. ;

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

Important Policies ma Forms

Student Complaint Against Employee Policy

Equal Educational Opportunity Brochure (PDF)

Tusiga Faaliliu

    Employee ma Applicant Leai-Fa'ailoga tagata Faiga fa'avae

    Employee ma Applicant Leai-Fa'ailoga tagata Faiga Fa'avae (PDF);

    Tulafono Pulega a Hawai'i, Ulutala 8-Mataupu 89

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

    Nofoaga talafeagai

    Please complete the Form RA-1 ma 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.

    Talosaga Fa'alelotu

    For state ma district-level employees, Pepa Talosaga mo Fale Fa'alelotu (PDF). e mafai ona tu'uina atu i le CRCB Title VII fa'apitoa. Mo isi tagata faigaluega uma, e mafai ona tu'uina atu talosaga i le CRCB Specialist talafeagai mo le vaega lavelave.

    Faataitaiga o Non-Fa'ailoga tagata Tulafono

    IGOA IX

    Ulutala IX o le Teuteuga o Aoga o 1972 fa'asa fa'ailoga tagata based on sex in schools ma colleges receiving federal funding. Sex-based fa'ailoga tagata includes both sexual harassment and gender-based harassment. Sexual harassment is unwanted verbal, leai- tautala, po'o le fa'aletino o a sexual nature. Gender-based harassment is unwelcome conduct based on the individual’s actual or perceived sex, ma includes harassment based on gender identity and non-o gatasi ma manatu masani o femininity ma masculinity. Title IX also covers gender equity in school athletic programs.

    NOFOAIGA A JAMES CAMPBELL AOGA MAUA

    E tusa ai ma le maliliega na faia i le AB et al v. Hawai'i State Department o Education, et al, the interim and annual lipoti o o le tagata su'esu'e tuto'atasi o le a fa'aavanoaina fa'alaua'itele.

    • Le lipoti le tumau muamua auiliiliga taumafaiga na faia e le tagata su'esu'e tutoatasi mai le aso o le maliliega, i le pe tusa o Oketopa 9, 2023, seia oo i le aso o le lipoti, Ianuari 26, 2024.
    • Le lipoti le tumau lona lua auiliiliga taumafaiga na faia mai le aso o le maliliega se'ia o'o i le aso o le lipoti, Fep. 28, 2025.

    Interim Grievance Procedures for Sexual Fa'aleaga

    Mea Fa'aa'oa'oga

    Ta'iala ile Lagolago mo Tamaiti A'oga Transgender

    IGOA VI

    Ulutala VI o le Tulafono o Aia Tatau a Tagata o 1964 fa'asa fa'ailoga tagata fa'avae ile ta'aloga, lanu po'o le tupuaga o le atunu'u i polokalame po'o gaioiga ile fa'atupega a le feterale.

    ADA

    O le Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ose tulafono o aia tatau lautele e faʻasaina discrimination and guarantees that people with disabilities have the same rights ma 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 o ose fa'aletonu, po'o se tagata e va'aia e isi o lo'o i ai se fa'aletonu.

    • Ulutala I: Ulutala I o o le ADA e faatatau i aia tatau o individuals with disabilities in employment settings. Under Title I, an employer cannot discriminate against qualified applicants ma employees on the basis o le atoatoa.
    • Ulutala II: Ulutala II o e fa'asaina e le ADA fa'ailoga tagata i luga o le faavae o fa'aletonu e fa'alapotopotoga lautele. I lalo o le Ulutala II, e le mafai ona fa'ailoga tagata i latou e iai mana'oga fa'apitoa o their disability in services, programs ma activities that are provided by public entities.​

    Vaega 504

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

    Aufaigaluega a le CRCB

    Vaega Lagolago a le Setete

    Faatonu
    Beth Schimmelfennig

    Pule Tausia
    Rhonda Wong

    Ulutala IX Fa'apitoa
    Nicole Isa-Ijima

    Ulutala IX – Fa'apitoa Ta'aloga
    Dana Takahara-Dias

    Suafa VII Faapitoa
    Blue Kaanehe

    Ulutala VI Fa'apitoa
    Ana Tsang

    Fa'apitoa mo le Tausia o Aia Tatau
    Alphonso Braggs

    ADA/504 Fa'apitoa
    Krysti Sukita

    Failautusi
    avanoa

    Fa'afeso'ota'i

    808-784-6325
    [email protected]

    Vaega Lagolago Fa'aitulagi

    Aiea-Moanalua-Radford
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    Christina Simpson
    808-797-7685
    [email protected]

    Baldwin-Kekaulike-Kūlanihāko'i-Maui
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    Maria Letasz
    808-600-9417
    [email protected]

    Campbell-Kapolei
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    Nara Sitachitta
    808-829-7168
    [email protected]

    Castle-Kahuku
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    James Nichols
    808-829-6981
    [email protected]

    Farrington-Kaiser-Kalani
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    Alexis Mukaida
    808-829-7182
    [email protected]

    Hāna-Lahainaluna-Lāna’i-Molokai
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    Courtney Dennis
    808-379-6208
    [email protected]

    Hilo-Waiākea
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    Dee Sugihara
    808-600-9576
    [email protected]

    Honoka'a-Kealakehe-Kohala-Konawaena
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    Chris Jungers
    808-600-9613
    [email protected]

    Ka'ū-Kea'au-Pāhoa
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    Moana Hokoana
    808-373-6750
    [email protected]

    Kaimukī-McKinley-Roosevelt
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    Marie Neilson
    808-892-6887
    [email protected]

    Kailua-Kalāheo
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    Flor Williams
    808-597-6566
    [email protected]

    Kapa'a-Kaua'i-Waimea
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    Tavita Dooley
    808-379-5299
    [email protected]

    Leilehua-Mililani-Waialua
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    Michael Murakami
    808-600-9299
    [email protected]

    Nānākuli-Wai'anae
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    Lance Larsen
    808-600-9481
    [email protected]

    Penina Aai-Waipahu
    Fa'apitoa Fa'apitoa Tausi a le Eria Lavelave
    Shari Dela Cuadra
    808-629-9114
    [email protected]