It is the policy of the Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center to ensure an equal opportunity in admissions, employment and programs, services, and activities without any consideration of an individual’s race, color, age, religious creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, national origin, marital status, pregnancy or handicap/disability, and/or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
The Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center’s policies are publicly available and located on the Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center website, including how to submit reports and/or complaints of sex discrimination and the pertinent grievance procedures concerning the same.
The Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center also declares it to be the policy of the Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center to comply with federal law and regulations under Title IX prohibiting sexual harassment, which is a form of unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex. Inquiries regarding the application of Title IX to the Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education, or both.
For information regarding Title IX, civil rights, grievance procedures or access, contact the Title IX Section 504 Coordinator:
Lindsay Miksich (Principal) or Julie Patosky (Continuing Education Coordinator)
1500 Fourth Avenue
Altoona, PA 16602
civilrights@gactc.edu
814-505-1282 (Principal) or 814-505-1256 (Continuing Education Coordinator)
U.S. Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights
Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Bldg
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-1100
Telephone: 800-421-3481
FAX: 202-453-6012; TDD: 800-877-8339
Email: OCR@ed.gov
