FEDERAL LAWS AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS

The following federal laws and executive orders apply to the operation of all units of the University.

Title V1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin by educational programs receiving federal funds. The Arkansas Statewide Desegregation Plan was developed, as a result of the Adams case, to bring all state-supported colleges and universities into compliance with Title Vl.

Title V11 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972, prohibits discrimination in employment (including hiring, upgrading, salaries, fringe benefits, training, and other conditions of employment) on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex. Executive Order 11246, as amended by Executive Order 11375, prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex by institutions with federal contracts of over S10,000. The Equal Pay Act of 1983 prohibits discrimination in salaries on the basis of sex.

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Higher Education Act) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex against students or others in education programs or activities.

Title V11 (Section 799A) and Title VlII (Section 845) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by the Comprehensive Health Manpower Training Act, and the Nurse Training Amendment Act of 1971, prohibit discrimination based on sex in admission of students to federally assisted health personnel training programs and in employment practice in these programs. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act covers people between the ages of 40 and 70 and forbids discrimination on the basis of age unless age is a bona fide occupational qualification. The University may not advertise so as to indicate a preference or limitation on age, discriminate in hiring on the basis of age, or deny career opportunities on the basis of age. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 503) prohibits discrimination in employment of qualified handicapped individuals. Section 504 of this same act prohibits discrimination against handicapped students. The Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 prohibits discrimination against qualified disabled veterans and veterans of the Vietnam era.

Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-336) prohibits discrimination against a qualified individual with a disability because of the disability of such individuals in regard to job application procedures, the hiring, advancement, or discharge of employees, employee compensation, job training, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.

Title II of this act prohibits exclusion of any qualified individual with a disability, by reason of such disability, from being denied the benefits of the services, programs, or activities of a public entity, or being subjected to discrimination by any such entity.

NON-DISCRIMINATION

(UAMS Administrative Guide 3.1.10, April 1, 1995.)

The University of Arkansas is committed to the policy of providing educational opportunities to all qualified students regardless of their economic or social status, and will not discriminate on the basis of handicaps, race, color, sex, creed, or national origin. In the area of employment (including hiring, upgrading, salaries, fringe benefits, training and other conditions of employment), the University will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, creed, age, or national origin, and it does not discriminate against qualified handicapped individuals or veterans in treatment or employment in its programs and activities. The Office of Human Relations has been designated to coordinate efforts to comply with laws and

regulations relating to affirmative action and nondiscrimination. That Office is also responsible for coordinating activities on the Medical Sciences campus which relate to the Statewide Desegregation Plan.