School Classified Staff

The CTECS is committed to a policy of equal opportunity/affirmative action for all qualified persons and equal access to Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth groups. The CTECS does not discriminate in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis of age ancestry, color, criminal record (in state employment or licensing)gender identity or expression, genetic information, intellectual disability, marital status, mental disability (past or present) national origin, physical disability (including blindness), race religious creed, retaliation for previously opposed discrimination or coercion, sex (pregnancy or sexual harassment)sexual orientation, veteran status or workplace hazards to reproductive systems, unless there is a bona fide occupational qualifications excluding persons in any of the aforementioned protected classes.

Inquiries regarding the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System’s non discrimination policies and practices should be directed to:

Levy Gillespie Equal Employment Opportunity Director/American with Disabilities Act Coordinator (ADA) State of Connecticut Department of Education 450 Columbus Blvd, Suite 607 Hartford, CT 06103 Levy.Gillespie@ct.gov (860)-807-2071 (Coordinator for matters related to Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employment and nondiscrimination policies and practices)

Christine Spak Education Consultant, Special Education Connecticut Technical Education and Career System 39 Woodland Street Hartford, CT 06105 Christine.Spak@ct.gov (860)-807-2212 (Coordinator for matters related to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and div 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973)

U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights 5 Post Office Square, Suite 900 Boston, Massachusetts 02109-3921 (617) 289-0111 Fax number (617) 289-0150 TTY/TDD (877) 521-2172 (Matters related to race, color, national origin, age, sex and/or disability)