NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY

Cayuga Community College is committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students. The College does not discriminate and prohibits harassment or discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, or federal law.

The College is committed to ensuring that no one, including students, employees, and third parties, is excluded or discriminated against on the basis of any protected characteristic as identified above. Cayuga Community College does not discriminate in its hiring, employment, admissions, including applications for admission, and educational programs and activities, including career and technical education opportunities. Employees, students, applicants, or other members of the college community, including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests, may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely based upon a protected characteristic.

Inquiries about and reports regarding this notice and procedure may be made to one of the Civil Rights Compliance Coordinators/Officers: Lindsey Suppes, Director of Human Resources and Section 504, lsuppes1@cayuga-cc.edu, R313, 197 Franklin Street, Auburn, NY 13021, 315-294-8556; Paul Smith, Assistant Director of Human Resources & Title IX Coordinator, R312, 197 Franklin Street, Auburn, NY 13021, psmith37@cayuga-cc.edu, 315-294-8580 and/or with the Office of Civil Rights: Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, 26 Federal Plaza Suite 31-100, New York, NY 10278-9991, OCR.NewYork@ed.gov, 646-428-3800; TDD 800-877-8339.