Social Positions - Affirmative Action -Public Institutions

Social Positions - Affirmative Action -Public Institutions

 The LWV of Beloit affirms:

    • that the city manager and school superintendent be responsible for consistent and objective monitoring and reporting of the progress and effectiveness of their affirmative action policies, practices, and procedures.   

The LWV of Beloit recommends:

  • that yearly progress reports of the city/school district affirmative action policies, practices, and procedures be given to the city council/school board and made available as well as to any interested citizen or community group.
  • that the city council/school board and citizens of Beloit hold the city manager and school district superintendent accountable for hiring practices that do not follow their institutions’ stated affirmative action policies or procedures.

The LWV of Beloit supports:

    • the establishment of non-discriminatory job descriptions for all full-time, part-time, temporary and seasonal employee positions in the city and school district.
    • the application of affirmative action guidelines to all city and school district employees whether they are full-time or part-time, temporary or seasonal, employee positions in the city and school district. 

The LWV of Beloit recommends:

    • that goals to reach parity in city/school district job categories also represent the various city departments and school staff.
    • that city and school district employment applications and supplemental forms comply fully with equal opportunity guidelines.
    • that the employment application supplemental forms state clearly and simply that the requested information is needed for statistical purposes only and that questions are to be answered voluntarily.
    • that advertisements of all jobs and their descriptions (and/or summaries) be placed to reach as many individuals as possible.
    • that all job openings and their descriptions be posted by the city/school district in a timely manner in a variety of easily accessible sites
    • that citizens be informed that this information is readily available.
    • that every effort be made by the city and school district to notify the community and minority groups of all job openings,
    • that the city and school district provide awareness-raising and educational in-service workshops and training programs to promote a work environment free of discrimination.
    • that the city and school district clearly provide Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) referral information to all employees.
    • that the city and school district encourage and support managers' efforts to provide equal opportunity in work assignments, additional training, transfers, and promotions.
    • that the city and school district provide procedures for resolving discrimination complaints for the benefit of all employees from their first day of employment.
    • that the city and school district keep statistical records of promotions and reasons for employment terminations to aid in evaluating progress or problems in achieving affirmative action goals. (The categories should be general enough to provide anonymity for individuals.)

The LWV of Beloit supports:

    • efforts to achieve pluralistic representation on public commissions, committees, and advisory boards.

 The LWV of Beloit recommends:

    • that the city/school districts aggressively seek contracts and services from local and underrepresented minority businesses, including:
    • identifying and listing such businesses and informing, involving, and assisting them in the bidding procedures.
    • listing all contracts and services purchased by the city/school district as part of affirmative action procedures.
(2015 –Owens, Carr- revised)
(1992 - revised)
(1984 - Forbeck, Hotchkiss, Luebke, Schoenfield, Mueller, Smith)
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