An institution is not eligible to participate in the college in
the high school pilot program if an affidavit attesting the adoption of
nondiscrimination policies by the institution is not signed.
The affidavit must attest to the following nondiscrimination
policies:
(1)
Education programs and activities. Institution
shall ensure that all education programs and activities are operated free of
discrimination. Students shall not be discriminated on the basis of student's
age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national
origin, citizenship or immigration status, veteran or military status, or the
presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained
dog guide or service animal by a person with disability, unless based upon bona
fide qualification of the education program.
(2)
Employment activities.
(a) Institution shall not refuse to hire, promote, or confer
tenure to any person because of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation,
race, creed, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, veteran
or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical
disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with
a disability, unless based upon bona fide occupational qualification.
(i) Institution is not prohibited from refusing employment if
the particular disability prevents the proper performance of the particular
work involved.
(ii) Institution is not required to establish employment goals
or quotas based on sexual orientation.
(b) Institution shall not discharge or bar any person from
employment because of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race,
creed, color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, veteran or
military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability
or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a
disability.
(c) Institution shall not discriminate against any person in
compensation or in other terms or conditions of employment because of age, sex,
marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin,
citizenship or immigration status, veteran or military status, or the presence
of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained dog
guide or service animal by a person with a disability.
Institution is not prohibited from segregating washrooms or
locker room facilities on the basis of sex, or basing other terms and
conditions of employment on the sex of employees where the Washington state
human rights commission has by regulation or ruling in a particular instance
found the employment practice to be appropriate for the practical realization
of equality of opportunity between the sexes.
(d) Institution shall not print or circulate any statement, or
advertisement, or publication that expresses any limitation, specification, or
discrimination as to age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed,
color, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, veteran or military
status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the
use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a
disability.
(i) Institution shall not use any form of application for
employment or make an inquiry in connection with prospective employment that
expresses any limitation, specification, or discrimination as to age, sex,
marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin,
citizenship or immigration status, veteran or military status, or the presence
of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained dog
guide or service animal by a person with a disability, unless based upon a bona
fide occupational qualification.
(ii) Institutions are not prohibited from advertising in a
foreign language.
(3)
Theology academy programs and campus ministry
departments. Participation in the theology academic programs and campus
ministry departments at the institution, including employment, promotion, or
granting of tenure of faculty members for courses of study in theology, are
exempt from the requirements of this chapter.
