Title IX

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights enforces, among other statutes, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

TITLE IX STATES:

No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

The Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits sex discrimination in the following areas:

SEX-BASED HARASSMENT/SEXUAL HARASSMENT (INCLUDING SEXUAL VIOLENCE)

  • Unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature

  • Sexual violence

  • Gender-based harassment

Board Policy

RECRUITMENT, ADMISSIONS, AND COUNSELING

  • Recruitment materials, admission forms, class or career selection materials, admission of students

  • Counseling services, brochures, materials

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

  • Procedures and practices for awarding financial assistance to students

ATHLETICS

  • Requires nondiscriminatory participation based on student interests and abilities

  • Equal opportunities (equipment, supplies, training facilities, recruitment, support services, etc.)

  • Financial assistance

MARITAL OR FAMILY STATUS, PREGNANT OR PARENTING STUDENTS

  • Different treatment on the basis of sex based on parental, family, or marital status

  • Exclusion in educational programs, or activities based on pregnancy, childbirth, false pregnancy

  • Lactating students must be provided reasonable accommodations

DISCIPLINE

  • Imposing consequences based on sex, gender identity, failing to conform to stereotypical binary expectations, etc.

SCHOOLS, CLASSES, AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

  • Providing education programs or activities separately on the basis of sex

  • Requiring or refusing participation by students on the basis of sex

  • Note: The following are exceptions:

    Contact sports in physical education

    Classes or portions of classes... that deal primarily with human sexuality

    Non-vocational classes and extracurricular activities within a coeducational... school if certain criteria are met

For more detailed information refer to U.S. Department of Education Title IX and Sex Discrimination and the Office for Civil Rights

EMPLOYMENT

  • Employment, recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, grants of leave, benefits consideration or selection for employment based on pregnancy or marital status

RETALIATION

  • Against anyone who has reported, investigated, filed a complaint under Title IX
Title IX Coordinator