Overview
Civil Rights Training
USDA requires civil rights training on an annual basis for all who interact with the Child Nutrition Programs participants. The training outlines specific civil rights regulations that govern these programs. The training informs administrators of these programs receiving Federal financial assistance of their rights and responsibilities.
Each SFA must maintain documentation of the training and an attendance record of participants that attended.
Civil Rights Self-Monitoring
And Justice For All Poster
Child Nutrition Program participants must be advised at the point of service of their right to file a complaint and the complaint procedures. To meet this requirement, the USDA And Justice for All poster must be placed in a prominent, visible location wherever meals or snacks are served. This location may include a cafeteria, food service area, or classroom.
The DPI School Nutrition Team is currently out of And Justice for All posters and has not yet received a supply of updated posters from USDA. As soon as we receive posters from USDA, we will mail a supply to each school food authority (SFA) that participates in the child nutrition programs.
Non-discrimination Statement
USDA and Civil Rights Division (CRD) Guidance on updated Nondiscrimination Statement (2022) and Religious Exemptions:
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Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”) is a federal law that prohibits sex discrimination by educational institutions receiving financial assistance from the federal government, including USDA. Although this prohibition applies to a wide array of public and private schools at the K-12 and the college/university level, the law includes some exceptions, including one permitting an institution to be exemption religious grounds if there is a conflict between Title IX and a school’s governing religious tenets.
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CRD 01-2022 Application of Bostock v. Clayton County to Program Discrimination Complaint Processing – Policy Update
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CRD 02-2022 Questions and Answers Related to CRD 01-2022 Application of Bostock v. Clayton County to Program Discrimination Complaint Processing – Policy Update
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Educational institutions that claim a Title IX religious exemption or seek USDA assurance of religious exemption from Title IX provisions may continue using the 2015 version of the USDA NDS and the 2019 version of the AJFA poster.
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The 2019 version of the AJFA poster (AD-475A) is located on the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights website at: https://www.usda.gov/sites/default/files/documents/JFAgreen508.pdf. All “And Justice for All” posters must be printed at 11” width x 17” height. The minimum text size to be used on the posters is 14-point.
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The 2015 version of the Nondiscrimination Statement must be included on all program materials.
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