At a heated State Board of Education meeting, former State Senator and current board member Herb Rozell referred to State Superintendent Barresi’s legislative liaison, Jessica Russell, as “useless” because she was pregnant and is expected to give birth during the legislative session.

“If she has that child in April and takes off six weeks, she’s worthless to us,” Rozell said. “She won’t be able to keep up.” Another board member, Tim Gilpin, made a motion, as a joke, asking that Russell not have her baby in April or May. Herb Rozell has violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

Title VII states:

It shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer –

(1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his compensation, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, because of such individual’s race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

(k) The terms […] → Keep reading