Equal employment opportunity and treatment shall be practiced by the District regardless of actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ethnicity, cultural background, religion, veterans’ status, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, socioeconomic status, source of income, familial status, physical characteristic, or linguistic characteristics of a national origin group, and disability if the employee, with or without reasonable accommodation,
is able to perform the essential functions
of the position.