1. What is CHRO’s primary mission?

2. What recommendations do you have for making the enforcement of civil rights laws more effective and efficient?

3. Is CHRO’s staff size sufficient to handle the volume of cases it receives in a timely fashion?

4. How long does it take, on average, to complete an investigation?

5. How much power and influence should CHRO commissioners exercise over CHRO’s day-to-day operations?

6. What are your views on affirmative action?

7. Is there any tension between affirmative action and the laws prohibiting employers and others from discriminating against people?

8. What role should affirmative action play in enforcing discrimination laws relating to employment, housing, public accommodations, credit practices, and state services and programs?

9. Under current law, human rights referees conduct hearings to determine whether discrimination has occurred and decide remedies if they conclude it has occurred. How much control, influence, or authority should the commission have over referees?

10. Should referees treat CHRO the same as everyone else or should they give CHRO preferential treatment in any way?

11. Do you think the laws prohibiting discrimination in public accommodations includes schools?

12. Is CHRO primarily a law enforcement agency or is it predominantly a civil rights advocacy agency?

13. What role, if any, should a commissioner play in ensuring that CHRO investigates complaints in a timely fashion?

14. Should our employment discrimination law require employers to make special accommodations because of an employee’s or applicant’s physical or mental disibility?

15. Should our discrimination law protect someone who is discriminated against because an employer believes he is disabled even if the person is not actually disabled?