The District provides equal employment opportunity and treatment for all applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, retention, assignment, transfer, promotion, and training. Such equal employment opportunity is provided to qualified individuals without discrimination with respect to race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, marital status, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.