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District ADA, Title VI, Title IX, Sexual Harassment Coordinator, & Grievance Officer

For the School Committee, administration, faculty, staff, volunteers in the schools, and for parties who are contracted to perform work for the Frontier Regional and Union #38 School District, please contact

Karen Ferrandino
Director of Student Services
Office of the Superintendent
113 North Main Street, Office C101
South Deerfield, MA 01373-1026
413-665-1155

District ADA, Title VI, Title IX, Sexual Harassment Coordinator, Grievance Officer & Civil Rights Coordinator

For Students in the Frontier Regional and Union#38 School District, please contact

Karen Ferrandino
Director of Student Services
Office of the Superintendent
113 North Main Street, Office C101
South Deerfield, MA 01373-1026
413-665-1155

Inquiries concerning the Frontier Regional and Union #38 School District policies and protocols, compliance with applicable laws, statutes, and regulations, and complaints may also be directed to the Director of Human Resources. Inquiries about laws, statutes, regulations and compliance may also be directed to the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education or the Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, 5 Post Office Square, 8th Floor, Suite 900, Boston, MA 02109; (617) 289-0111; Email: OCR.Boston@ed.gov; Website: www.ed.gov/ocr

LEGAL REFS.:
Title VI, Civil Rights Act of 1964
Title VII, Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972 Executive Order 11246, as amended by E.O. 11375
Equal Pay Act, as amended by the Education Amendments of 1972 Title IX,
Education Amendments of 1972

District’s Title IX Coordinator – District Title IX Statement
Karen Ferrandino, Director of Student Services, 413-665-1155, x. 7710
List the appropriate party by name and phone number to receive a complaint in each District School.

Please note that the following entities have specified time limits for filing a claim.

The Complainant may also file a complaint with:

• The Mass. Commission Against Discrimination, 1 Ashburton Place, Room 601
  Boston, MA 02108.
  Phone: 617-994-6000.
• Office for Civil Rights (U.S. Department of Education)
  5 Post Office Square, 8th Floor
  Boston, MA 02109.
  Phone: 617-289-0111.
• The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
  John F. Kennedy Bldg.
  475 Government Center
  Boston, MA 02203.

LEGAL REF.: M.G.L. 151B:3A
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
BESE 603 CMR 26:00
34 CFR 106.44 (a), (a)-(b)
34 CFR 106.45 (a)-(b) (1)
34 CFR 106.45 (b)(2)-(b)(3,4,5,6,7) as revised through June 2020