The purpose of the Equity Committee is to advise the District Director of Equity to: 

• Express and speak for school community concerns related to equal educational opportunities and multicultural/gender fair education.
• Make recommendations for the school program as it relates to equal educational opportunity and multicultural/gender fair education.
• Relate information about multicultural/gender fair education to the school community.
• Assist in the reviewing of progress reports regarding equity programs in the district and equity legislation applicable to the school district.
• Serve as liaison between parents/patrons and the school district relative to equity issues.
• Relay issues of community interest and concern related to equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, equal educational opportunity, and multicultural/gender fair education to the school administration and school board.
• Serve as lay/community resource persons for reacting to the district’s development and implementation of the multicultural/gender fair education and equal employment opportunity/affirmative action plans.
• Relay information on school educational and employment equity activities to community at large.
• Review all District programs and employment policies and practices to assess the degree, which they promote multicultural/gender fair concepts.
• Promote more positive inter-group relations within the community as well as to foster positive inter-group understanding and skills among students, employees, and the community.
• Provide support for the school district’s multicultural/gender fair education program and its equal employment opportunity/affirmative action plan.