Title IX Complaints

Any behavior that is considered offensive or unwanted and that is detrimental to the physical, emotional, and psychological health of the recipient or witnesses.

Unwanted sexual behaviors or requests for sexual favors that make a person uncomfortable. Sexual harassment can be verbal, physical, or visual.

• Unwanted physical contact or closeness;
• Unwanted jokes or teasing of a sexual nature or based on gender or sex stereotypes;
• Unwanted efforts to develop a romantic or sexual relationship.
• Unwanted comments about a person's body or sexual activities;
• Stalking, including the use of technology to stalk;
• Engaging in indecent displays, voyeurism, or other invasion of personal privacy;
• Sexual violence or attempted sexual violence
• Boys and girls, men and women can be sexually harassed.
• The aggressor is not always an adult.
• People of any sex or gender can be both the victim and the harasser.
• The victim and harasser can be of the same sex or gender

The complaint procedures described in this administrative regulation shall be used to address any complaint governed by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 alleging that a district employee was subjected to one or more of the following forms of sexual harassment: (34 CFR 106.30)  New regulations and definition of Title IX Sexual Harassment came into effect August 14, 2020, and are as follows:

1. A district employee conditioning the provision of a district aid, benefit, or service on a person's participation in unwelcome sexual conduct.
2. Unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the district's education program or activity
3. Sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking as defined in 20 USC 1092 or 34 USC 12291

Title IX Sexual Harassment complaints will be processed under UCP 1312.3 and AR 4119.12/4219.12/4319.12 (Staff) or 5145.71 (Students). All other sexual harassment complaints or allegations not covered in the three listed above shall be investigated and resolved in accordance with AR 4030 - Nondiscrimination in Employment or 5145.7 (Students). The determination of whether the allegations meet the definition of sexual harassment under Title IX shall be made by the district's Title IX Coordinator.

Because the complainant has a right to pursue a complaint under AR 4030 for any allegation that is dismissed or denied under the Title IX complaint procedure, the Title IX Coordinator shall ensure that all requirements and timelines for AR 4030 are concurrently met while implementing the Title IX procedure.

1. Title IX is a landmark federal civil right that prohibits sexual discrimination in education.
2. Title IX does not apply to female students only.
3. Schools must be proactive in ensuring that you campus is free of sex discrimination.
4. Schools must have an established procedure for handling complaints of sexual discrimination, harassment, or violence.
5. Schools should ensure that a victim doesn't have to share spaces, such as dorms, classes, and campus jobs with his or her assailant.
6. Schools may not retaliate against someone filing a complaint and must keep a complainant-victim safe from other retaliatory harassment or behavior.
7. Schools can issue a no-contact directive under Title IX to prevent that accused student from approaching or interacting with you.
8. In cases of sexual violence, schools are prohibited from encouraging or allowing mediation (rather than a formal hearing) of the complaint.
9. Schools cannot discourage you from continuing your education.

Learn more at Know Your IX.