§ 12 — Discrimination and harassment prohibited

§ 12. Discrimination and harassment prohibited. 1. No student shall be\nsubjected to harassment or bullying by employees or students on school\nproperty or at a school function; nor shall any student be subjected to\ndiscrimination based on a person's actual or perceived race, color,\nweight, national origin, ethnic group, religion, religious practice,\ndisability, sexual orientation, gender, or sex by school employees or\nstudents on school property or at a school function. Nothing in this\nsubdivision shall be construed to prohibit a denial of admission into,\nor exclusion from, a course of instruction based on a person's gender\nthat would be permissible under section thirty-two hundred one-a or\nparagraph (a) of subdivision two of section twenty-eight hundred\nfifty-four of this chapter and title IX of the Education Amendments of\n1972 (20 U.S.C. section 1681, et. seq.), or to prohibit, as\ndiscrimination based on disability, actions that would be permissible\nunder section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.\n 2. An age-appropriate version of the policy outlined in subdivision\none of this section, written in plain-language, shall be included in the\ncode of conduct adopted by boards of education and the trustees or sole\ntrustee pursuant to section twenty-eight hundred one of this chapter and\na summary of such policy shall be included in any summaries required by\nsuch section twenty-eight hundred one.\n