When required, the CRCB follows up with corrective action plans and compliance requirements with OCR, EEOC, HCRC, the U.S. Department of Justice; the Office of the State Director for Career and Technical Education; and coordinates data requests and 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 and 900-1. (See Important policies and forms below.)

The CRCB coordinates requests for reasonable accommodations under the superintendent’s directive for employees statewide. ​

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

Important Policies and Forms

Student Complaint Against Employee Policy

Equal Educational Opportunity Brochure (PDF)

• Board of Education Policy 305-10 
• Complaint Form: 305-10

Translated Text

Employee and Applicant Non-Discrimination Policy

Employee and Applicant Non-Discrimination Policy Brochure (PDF)​

• Board of Education Policy 900-1 (PDF)
• SP 0201 (PDF): Standard Practice: Department of Education Applicant and Employee Non-Discrimination Policy
• Complaint Form: 900-1 (PDF)

Hawai‘i Administrative Rules, Title 8-Chapter 89

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

Reasonable Accommodations​

• Procedure for Requesting Reasonable Accommodation Brochure (PDF)
• Form RA-1 (PDF): Reasonable Accommodation: Request & Approval form
• SP 0202 (PDF): Standard Practice: Reasonable Accommodation
• Form RA-3 (PDF): Authorization to Release Medical Information for Reasonable Accommodation

Please complete the Form RA-1 and 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.

Religious Accommodation Request

For state and district-level employees, Religious Accommodation Request (PDF) Forms may be submitted to the CRCB Title VII specialist. For all other employees, requests may be submitted to the applicable CRCB Specialist for the complex area.

Examples of Non-Discrimination Laws

TITLE IX

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

JAMES CAMPBELL HIGH SCHOOL SETTLEMENT

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 Harassment

Training Materials

• Administrators (Sept. 2020 (PDF), Nov. 2020 (PDF))
• Equity Specialists (PDF)
• New regulations training to CDO VPs (PDF)
• New regulations (2021) (PDF)
• ATIXA Training Materials (PDF)

Guidance on Supports for Transgender Students

TITLE 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 and 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.

• Title 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 and employees on the basis of disability.
• Title 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 and activities that are provided by public entities.​

Section 504

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

CRCB Staff

State Support Team

Contact

808-784-6325
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Regional Support Team