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g. Plan Component 7: Notification to District Employees

i. Legal Requirements Title 5 requires that districts describe their process for notifying all district employees of the provisions of the Plan and the policy. 220

The Model Plan recommends sample language that districts can use for notifying district employees.

ii. Implementation This component is straightforward and little need be said beyond the recommendations and model language provided in the Model Plan. We briefly make the following additional suggestions:

 Incorporate notification into districts’ mandatory sexual harassment training for all employees to ensure that district staff receive notice and training on the EEO Plan on a regular basis.  Create a section on district and college websites that provides information about the EEO Plan provisions and EEO complaint procedures.  To anticipate and avoid potential misunderstandings and disputes, use notification as an opportunity to differentiate between the district’s EEO Plan and its hiring procedures.

h. Plan Component 8: Training for Screening/Selection Committees

i. Legal Requirements Title 5 requires district EEO Plans to describe the process for ensuring that district employees who are to participate on screening or selection committees, or who are involved in recruitment efforts, receive appropriate training. Pursuant to the revised regulations, this training must cover, but need not be limited to: the requirements of this subchapter and of state and federal nondiscrimination laws; the educational benefits of workforce diversity; the elimination of bias in hiring decisions; and best practices in serving on a selection or screening committee 221 . Title 5 does not indicate how often training of screening or selection committee members should occur. ii. Implementation Effective training for screening committees and interview panels has proven to be an ongoing challenge for community colleges. In particular, districts continue to search for how to:

 Build committee-wide “buy-in” for the underlying core values that inform EEO planning;

 Sensitize committee members to their own stereotypes and biases;

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