Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
In clarification of the language, "to...deny facilities or otherwise discriminate...," contained in section 4(a)(3) of the Pennsylvania Fair Educational Opportunities Act (24 P. S. § 5004(a)(3)), and in clarification of the language, "...to refuse, withhold from, or deny to any person... either directly or indirectly...," contained in section 5(i)(1) of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (43 P. S. § 955(i)(1)), it shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for a school subject to those statutes, because of the race, color, religious creed, ancestry or national origin of a student or group of students applying for admission or attending the school to do the following:
(1) Employ a quota system based upon race, color, religious creed, ancestry or national origin.(2) Offer or impose a different or special terms and conditions with respect to scholarships, grants and loans given by the school itself.(3) Deny an equal opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities, including intermural and interscholastic athletics as well as nonathletic activities.(4) Give official school sanction to a social, honorary or professional fraternity, sorority or other student organization, if the student organization excludes or discriminates against an individual on account of race, color, religious creed, ancestry or national origin unless the student organization is founded for the express purpose of assisting or ministering to students of a particular religion.(5) Administer dormitories and other housing operated by the school on a discriminatory or segregated basis, or to approve and list housing rooming places which are privately operated, unless the housing accommodations are open to students of the school without discrimination on account of race, color, religious creed, ancestry or national origin.(6) Fail to make available to students on an equal basis a school-operated health or recreational facilities on or off the campus.(7) Deny opportunities to students in making placements of the students as interns, student teachers or workers in industry, as part of the students' educational program.(8) Fail to make available to every student on an equal basis the full services of the placement office of the school, so that each student may be placed in the best position for which he is qualified in accordance with merit hiring principles.(9) Permit the race, color, religious creed, ancestry or national origin of a student to be indicated on a transcript of record of the student or in a written or oral information given by the school when the same is made available to a prospective employer, employment agency or to a school of higher learning to which the student is applying for admission.