Employee Relations

The Employee Relations department provides a forum to ensure that all Board of Education policies, as well as federal and state laws and regulations related to employee issues are followed. We endeavor to provide expeditious and professional service to DeKalb County School District departments, employees, parents and students, as well as community stakeholders regarding employee issues that affect the District.

• Goals
  • Meet the needs of all stakeholders by applying policy requirements without bias, concerning matters referred to Employee Relations
  • Maintain positive and reliable communications and relationships with all stakeholders
• Objectives
  • Monitor and ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations and agencies, and with the DeKalb County Board of Education Policies including those prohibiting harassment and discrimination
  • Monitor and ensure compliance with policies including those prohibiting discrimination based on disability, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as Amended (ADAAA)
  • Investigate and resolve employee concerns and complaints
• Responsibilities
  Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
  • Reinforce the code of ethics (professional standards for educators)
  • Investigate and resolve complaints and allegations (employee, stakeholder complaints; harassment; employee misconduct; non-compliance of board policies, etc.
  • Conduct hearings pursuant to board of education (GAE) descriptor codes
  • Respond to and resolve complaints and allegations received from outside agencies: Department of Labor (DOL); Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Office of Civil Rights (OCR); U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
  • Title IX compliance
  • Accommodate employees under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as Amended (ADAAA)
  • Process open records, requests for production of documents and subpoenas
  • Facilitate Fair Dismissal Act proceedings
  • Develop training protocols and modules
  • Collect, analyze data, and produce reports in response to federal and state requests
  • Support external counsel regarding document production and litigation
• Employee Complaint/Grievance forms (English)
• Employee Complaint/Grievance forms (Spanish)

Title IX states that: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

The DeKalb County School District (“District”) does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its education program and activities, as required by Title IX. Such requirement not to discriminate extends to admissions and employment. Pursuant to the Title IX Regulations, effective August 14, 2020, any complaint involving “sexual harassment” as defined by the Title IX federal regulations, that occurs in a District education program or activity against a person in the United States shall be addressed pursuant to the District’s Title IX Grievance Procedure.

Inquiries regarding the application of Title IX may be directed to the District's Title IX  Coordinator, through the District's official Title IX website dekalbschoolsga.org, or to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Each DeKalb County School District school has listed the designated Title IX Coordinator on the school's homepage. Students, employees, parents, guardians, and community members are encouraged to visit their school's webpage for school-specific Title IX contact.

Access the official Title IX page