The Val Verde Unified School District is committed to equal opportunity for all individuals. District programs and activities shall be free from discrimination including discriminatory harassment, intimidation, or bullying based on actual or perceived characteristics of race or ethnicity, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or genetic information, or any other characteristic identified in Education Code 200 or 220, Government Code 11135, or Penal Code 422.55, or based on association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.