ST. LOUIS BOARD OF EDUCATION REGULATION
PERSONNEL
PERSONNEL POLICIES AND REGULATIONS – GOALS

Civil and Legal Rights and Responsibilities

Discrimination on the Basis of Marital or Parental Status

Discrimination on the basis of marital or parental status is prohibited.

The Board of Education shall not apply any policy or take any employment action concerning the potential marital, parental, or family status of an employee or applicant for employment which treats persons differently based upon whether an employee or applicant for employment is the head of a household or principal wage earner in such employee's or applicant's family unit.

The Board shall not discriminate against or exclude from employment any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, or recovery therefrom.

The Board shall treat pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy and recovery therefrom and any temporary disability resulting therefrom as any other temporary disability for all job related purposes, including commencement, duration and extensions of leave, payment of disability income, accrual of seniority and any other benefit or service, and reinstatement, and under any fringe benefit offered to employees by virtue of employment.

Discrimination on the basis of marital.. (continued) R4122

In the case of any employee with insufficient leave or accrued employment time to qualify for leave under Board Regulation R4621, the Board shall treat pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy and recovery therefrom as a justification for a leave of absence without pay for a reasonable period of time, at the conclusion of which the employee shall be reinstated to the status which she held when the leave began or to a comparable position, without decrease in rate of compensation or loss of promotional opportunities, or any other right or privilege of employment.

References

Legal: 34 C.F.R. Part 106.55 and 106.57
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended

Regulation approved: May 25, 1993

Revised: September 10, 2002