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1964-Civil Rights Act: Title VI
"No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity
receiving Federal financial assistance."
Information is on file at Case House or through the Title VI Hotline: 1-888-TITLE-06
M.G.L. Chapter 76, Section 5
“Every person shall have a right to attend the public schools of the town where he actually resides, subject to
the following section. No person shall be excluded from or discriminated against in admission to a public
school of any town, or in obtaining the advantages, privileges and courses of study of such public school regardless of race, gender, gender identity, color, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity/national origin, age or disability, in compliance with Federal and State equal opportunity laws.”
Complaint manager/Homeless student liaison for Weston Public Schools:
Amber Bock, Assistant Superintendent
Case House, 89 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA 02493
781-786-5220
bocka@weston.org
1972-Educational Amendments: Title IX
"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the
benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal aid."
Information is on file at Case House or through the Website: http://www.ed.gov/pubs/TitleIX
Complaint manager for Weston Public Schools:
Amber Bock, Assistant Superintendent
Case House, 89 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA 02493
781-786-5220
bocka@weston.org
1973-Rehabilitation Act: Section 504
1999-Americans with Disabilities Act
No "otherwise qualified handicapped individual" shall be excluded from participation in any program or
activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
An individual with a disability is a person who has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits
one or more major life activities; has a record of such impairment; or is regarded as having such impairment.
Major life activities include walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning, and working.
School systems have a responsibility to provide a free and appropriate education (FAPE). An "appropriate"
education means an education comparable to that provided to students without disabilities. Parents have due
process rights.
At Weston High School, a 504 referral must be made through the student’s guidance counselor. After all the
required documentation has been received, the counselor will make a presentation to the High School 504
Team which consists of Richard Escobar, Director of Guidance; Anthony Parker, Principal; members of the
guidance department; members of the nursing/health department; and two faculty members. Students found
not eligible for services under Section 504 may appeal the decision to Mrs. Amber Bock, Weston’s District 504
and Title II Coordinator.
Information is on file at Case House or through
Office of Civil Rights: 1-800-368-1019
Section 504 and Title II Coordinator: Mrs. Amber Bock
Chapter 269: Section 17. Hazing; organizing or participating; hazing defined
Section 17. Whoever is a principal organizer or participant in the crime of hazing, as defined herein, shall be
punished by a fine of not more than three thousand dollars or by imprisonment in a house of correction for
not more than one year, or both such fine and imprisonment.
The term “hazing” as used in this section and in sections eighteen and nineteen, shall mean any conduct or
method of initiation into any student organization, whether on public or private property, which willfully or
recklessly endangers the physical or mental health of any student or other person. Such conduct shall
include whipping, beating, branding, forced calisthenics, exposure to the weather, forced consumption of any
food, liquor, beverage, drug or other substance, or any other brutal treatment or forced physical activity
which is likely to adversely affect the physical health or safety of any such student or other person, or which
subjects such student or other person to extreme mental stress, including extended deprivation of sleep or
rest or extended isolation.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section to the contrary, consent shall not be available as a
defense to any prosecution under this action.
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