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Tucson Unified School District Settles Employment Discrimination Lawsuit
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Tucson Unified School District Settles Employment Discrimination Lawsuit

The Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) has agreed to a consent decree with the U.S. government, settling a complaint alleging sex and/or national origin discrimination in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.

The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, alleged that the TUSD discriminated against Donna Guzman, Marcia Vela, Veronica Leon, Jimmy Miranda, and Eddie Montano, female and/or Hispanic custodial employees of its Rincon/University High School.

The complaint stated that the TUSD failed to take effective action to stop one of its employees, a white, male custodian, from subjecting his co-workers to a series of harassing and abusive comments based on their sex and/or national origin.

The TUSD must pay a total of $45,000 to Guzman, Vela, Leon, Miranda, and Montano in compensatory damages.

Under the terms of the consent decree, the TUSD must also enforce its policies and procedures that prohibit sex and national origin discrimination and train its officers and other employees on the prevention of sex and national origin discrimination.

“The Justice Department is committed to the vigorous enforcement of all federal civil rights laws under its jurisdiction, including Title VII’s prohibition against harassment in the workplace,” said Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Rights Division.

The enforcement of Title VII and other federal employment discrimination laws is a top priority of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division.

The lawsuit is based on two charges of discrimination filed by Guzman and Vela with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).