No High School scholar, on the basis of disability shall be denied guidance services by personnel designated by the District as qualified to provide such services. Generally, the District designates academic advisors and certified counselors to provide guidance services to its high school scholars. Scholars with disabilities shall have equal opportunity to those services. The District shall provide different or separate guidance services to scholars with disabilities only if such action is necessary and are to provide scholars with disabilities services that are as effective as those provided to scholars without disabilities.
Personnel designated by the District to provide guidance services shall be available to meet with all high school scholars to conduct a review of academic programming and career aspirations. Evidence of this activity shall be kept in a daily journal and shall be available for review at any time. Data journals, logs or similar records shall clearly show that scholars with disabilities are being served as effectively as scholars without disabilities.
All career and technical education programs follow the District policies of non-discrimination on the basis of the following: race, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, height, weight, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability or veteran status in all activities and employment.
In addition, arrangements can be made to ensure that the lack of English language skills is not a barrier to admission or participation. Inquiries regarding non-discrimination policies should be directed to:
Civil Rights Compliance Officer
Grand Rapids Public Schools
1331 Martin Luther King Jr St. SE
PO Box 117
Grand Rapids, MI 49501-0117
HumanResources@grps.org | (616) 819-2030