§ 12-4-10. Education.

(a)

Private education. It shall be unlawful for any private educational institution, or its agents, employees or officers, on the basis of race, color, sex, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or sexual orientation or disability;

(1)

to discriminate against any person with respect to the terms, conditions, accommodations, advantages, facilities, benefits, privileges or services of that institution;

(2)

to make or use a written or oral inquiry or form of application for admission to an educational institution that elicits or attempts to elicit information concerning race, color or disability, except as required to obtain grants or other funds from a public or private institution or agency;

(3)

to require, or cause to be required, that a photograph of an applicant for admission to an educational institution be submitted with any form of application for admission;

(4)

to establish, make or follow a policy of denial or limitation of educational opportunities;

(5)

to permit potential employers to recruit students on its premises or to permit the employers to use its placement facilities for referral of students for employment or permit the employers to participate in any job-training or work-study program operated by or in conjunction with the educational institution unless the potential employer has submitted to the educational institution a statement certifying that the employer is an equal opportunity employer;

(6)

to deny to any member of its student body educational services or facilities that are generally available to members of the opposite sex;

(7)

to fail to provide services to persons with a disability which are provided to persons without a disability;

(8)

to fail to provide services to a person with a disability who meets the academic and technical standards requisite to admission or participation in a postsecondary and vocational education program or activity; or

(9)

to subject any member of its faculty or staff to a discriminatory practice stated as unlawful under subsections (1) through (8) of this subsection.

(b)

Nothing in subsection (a) of this section shall be construed to make unlawful any private institution established exclusively for either all males or females or to interfere with the exercise of genuinely held religious beliefs by educational institutions organized for the primary purpose of preparing men and women for the ordained ministry.

(c)

Public education. The commission is hereby authorized to conduct studies, hold hearings and review the policies and practices of any public educational institution with respect to race, color, sex, religion, ancestry, national origin, religion, sexual orientation or disability. The commission shall report its findings to the appropriate policy-making body and chief administrator of the public educational institution (for instance the school board and superintendent of public schools in the city or to the president of the Northern Virginia Community College and the community college board or to the policy-making body and chief administrator of any other public educational program) and may, at its discretion, enter into negotiations with said policy-making body and chief director to rectify and any discriminatory policies or practices that may exist. (Code 1963, Sec. 18A-10; Ord. No. 2517, 10/14/80, Sec. 9; Ord. No. 3328, 10/15/88, Sec. 8; Ord. No. 3498, 2/23/91, Sec. 9; Ord. No. 4549, 6/14/08, Sec. 7; Ord. No. 5126, 4/14/18, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 5258, 12/14/19, Sec. 1)