In accordance with Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Executive Order 11246, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, The Americans with Disabilities Act, the Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, the Jobs for Veterans Act of 2002, the Kansas Acts Against Discrimination and all other applicable civil rights and nondiscrimination statutes, the Board of Trustees prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, ancestry, disability, and veterans status.

The College nondiscrimination policy encompasses employment practices, conditions of employment, personnel actions and all educational programs and activities of the College and its affiliated organizations and it is the policy of the Board of Trustees to make policy decisions and to take action to prevent discrimination in all aspects of the College’s operations.  Reports of discrimination shall be evaluated promptly and acted upon in the manner deemed necessary by the President and appropriate administrative personnel and in accordance with the College’s grievance procedures applicable to College employees and students

The Board of Trustees shall promote equal opportunity for all qualified individuals to be considered for employment, benefits and conditions of employment, educational programs and activities, regardless of race, religion, color, sex, disability, national origin, ancestry, age or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, gender identity, or gender expression and directs the President and College employees to take all appropriate steps to increase the number of historically- underrepresented persons  in order to promote greater cultural and intellectual diversity  in the College’s educational programs in among its employees.

1. The Board of Trustees will work closely with the Kansas Civil Rights Commission and Hutchinson Human Relations Commission and other agencies in implementing the Board’s nondiscrimination policies and programs.