Silicon Valley Career Technical Education

What is Sexual Harassment?  

What is Harassment and Intimidation?  

Nondiscrimination in District Programs and Activities (BP 0410(a))

Complaints Concerning District Employees (BP 1312.1, 1312.1(a))

Uniform Complaint Procedures (BP 1312.3)

Extracurricular & Non-Academic Activities (BP 6145.1)

• Requests for accommodations must be presented in writing, as soon as the student or parent/legal guardian is aware of the need for an accommodation, to the SVCTE Counseling Program Coordinator.  MetroED requests 30 days of notice for any requested accommodation(s).  However, MetroED will consider requests made at any reasonable time prior to the SVCTE program event.
• Within ten (10) school days of receipt of the written request, the Counseling Program Coordinator will make reasonable efforts to schedule a meeting with the student, student’s parent or legal guardian, SVCTE Principal or designee, and a representative from the student’s home school district who is responsible for monitoring implementation of the student’s Individualized Education Program (“IEP”) or Section 504 plan, as applicable, to discuss the request and determine the accommodation(s), if any, to be provided.
• Within five (5) school days following the meeting referenced above, the SVCTE Counseling Program Coordinator will notify the student’s parent or legal guardian in writing of the accommodation(s) that will be provided during the SVCTE program event.
• MetroED is not required to provide an accommodation that fundamentally alters the nature of the program event, or results in undue administrative or financial burden to MetroED. (28 CFR 35.150.)  If MetroED believes that a requested accommodation will fundamentally alter the nature of the SVCTE program event or result in an undue administrative or financial burden to MetroED, MetroED will engage in an interactive process with the student and parent or legal guardian to identify whether an alternative accommodation may be provided.
• After the reasonable accommodation(s) is determined, the Counseling Program Coordinator will notify, in writing, the SVCTE Principal or designee, the student’s SVCTE teacher, and the SVCTE staff responsible for supervising and/or coordinating the program event, of the accommodation to be provided during the SVCTE program event.

• “Student with a disability” means a student who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities.
  (28 CFR 35.108; 34 CFR 104.3)
• “Qualified student with a disability” means a student with a disability, and who otherwise meets the essential eligibility requirements for participation in the SVCTE program event.  (34 CFR 104.3)
• “Physical impairment” means any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more body systems, such as neurological, musculoskeletal, special sense organs, respiratory (including speech organs), cardiovascular, reproductive, digestive, genito-urinary, immune, hemic, lymphatic, skin, and endocrine. (28 CFR 35.108; 34 CFR 104.3)
• “Mental impairment” means any mental or psychological disorder, such as intellectual disability, organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disability. (28 CFR 35.108; 34 CFR 104.3)
• “Substantially limits major life activities” means limiting a person’s ability to perform functions, as compared to most people in the general population, such as caring for himself/herself, performing manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, walking, standing, lifting, bending, speaking, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, writing, communicating, and working. Major life activities also includes major bodily functions such as functions of the immune system, special sense organs and skin, normal cell growth, digestive, bowel, bladder, neurological, brain, respiratory, circulatory, cardiovascular, endocrine, hemic, lymphatic, musculoskeletal, and reproductive functions, as well as the operation of an individual organ within a body system. The determination of whether an impairment substantially limits a student’s major life activities shall be made without regard to the ameliorative effects of mitigating measures other than ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses. Mitigating measures are measures that an individual may use to eliminate or reduce the effects of an impairment, including, but not limited to, medications, medical supplies or equipment, prosthetic devices, assistive devices, reasonable modifications or auxiliary aids or services, learned behavioral or adaptive neurological modifications, psychotherapy, behavioral therapy, or physical therapy. (42 USC 12102; 28 CFR 35.108)