Civil Rights and Non-Discrimination Notice Handbook

Dear Staff, Parents, and Students: 

As an educational institution, Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School is committed  to creating and maintaining a school that prevents discrimination of all types at the same  time as it ensures the health and safety of all who work and learn here. 

To this end, it is important to build an increasing awareness and understanding in all of us  of those civil rights granted to us by law, such as those summarized below: 

  • Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: Prohibits discrimination,  exclusion from participation, and denial of benefits on the basis of disability in the  areas of employment. 
  • Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990: Prohibits discrimination,  exclusion from participation, and denial of benefits on the basis of disability in the  areas of educational programming. 
  • Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972: Prohibits discrimination,  exclusion form participation, and denial of benefits in educational programs on  the basis of sex. 
  • Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Prohibits discrimination, exclusion from  participation, and denial of benefits based on race, color, or national origin. • Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973: Prohibits discrimination,  exclusion from participation and denial of benefits based on disability. • MGL, Ch. 76, Section 5 of the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 76, Section  5: Prohibits discrimination in all public schools on the basis of race, color, sex,  national origin, religion, and sexual orientation.  

Please take time to review this material in depth.