The executive director or the executive director's designee shall prepare and maintain a written policy statement to ensure implementation of an equal employment opportunity program under which all personnel transactions are made without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin.

• A. False
• B. Not specified
• C. True
• D. Not required

Answer: (C)

A written equal employment opportunity policy is required to guide all personnel actions and ensure nondiscrimination. The executive director or their designee must prepare and maintain this policy so the agency has a formal, actionable framework for implementing an EEO program across recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, training, transfers, and other personnel decisions. By codifying the commitment to making decisions without regard to race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or national origin, the policy provides clear expectations, responsibilities, and procedures for addressing complaints. That regulatory expectation makes the statement true: there is an obligation to have a written EEO policy issued and kept up to date. The other options would deny or negate this explicit requirement, which is not consistent with standard EEO practice and TBCE expectations.