Common use of Climate Clause in Contracts

Climate. The District will ensure that the educational environment of each student who reports sexual or gender-based harassment is free of harassment, and will take steps to eliminate the hostile environment, including interim measures to assist or protect the complaining student and the broader school community, where appropriate, during the investigation of reported harassment. In collaboration with the consultant, the District will develop and conduct an annual climate check process to assess students’ attitudes and knowledge regarding various types of sexual and gender-based harassment; gather information concerning students’ experience with sexual and gender-based harassment; determine whether students know when and how to report sexual and gender-based harassment; and assess the effectiveness of steps taken pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise by the District to ensure that its schools are free of sexual and gender-based harassment and, in particular, sexual assaults and sexual violence. The climate check process will be conducted through: a. interviews of groups of randomly selected students from each grade, between fifth and twelfth, from representative District elementary, middle and high schools. The consultant and a District administrator with Title IX training will conduct the interviews. An interview plan and list of questions must be provided to OCR for review and approval prior to the interviews; and b. administration of a climate survey, which may be accomplished through a written or electronic survey, provided that students receiving the survey also are notified of a contact person, such as a counselor, should they wish to discuss this issue in person. The District may use the California Healthy Kids Survey for this purpose, provided it is customized to measure the specific information required by this item VII. The survey must be provided to OCR for review and approval prior to its use. Information gathered during the climate check will be used to inform future proactive steps taken by the District, and to make adjustments to the education plan and guidance on remedial action described in Item XIV, below. The District will analyze the results of the climate check process and within sixty (60) calendar days of the date it is conducted each year. The analysis will include recommendations to address concerns or issues identified through the check. REPORTING REQUIREMENT: By May 7, 2014, the District will provide the survey, interview plan and draft interview questions to OCR for review. By May 23, 2014 and annually thereafter until OCR has completed its monitoring of this Agreement, the District will conduct a climate check. Within 60 days of completing its analysis of the climate check, the District will inform OCR of the results, any recommendations, and any responsive actions that it plans to take. Upon OCR’s request, the District will provide OCR with the raw results of the survey, notes from the student interviews, and any related documentation.

Climate. The District will ensure that the educational environment of each student who reports sexual or gender-based harassment is free of harassment, and will take steps to eliminate the hostile environment, including interim measures to assist or protect the complaining student and the broader school community, where appropriate, during the investigation of reported harassment. In collaboration with the consultant, the District will develop and conduct an annual climate check process to assess students’ attitudes and knowledge regarding various types of sexual and gender-based harassment; gather information concerning students’ experience with sexual and gender-based harassment; determine whether students know when and how to report sexual and gender-based harassment; and assess the effectiveness of steps taken pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise by the District to ensure that its schools are free of sexual and gender-based harassment and, in particular, sexual assaults and sexual violence. The climate check process will be conducted through: a. interviews of groups of randomly selected students from each grade, between fifth and twelfth, from representative District elementary, middle and high schools. The consultant and a District administrator with Title IX training will conduct the interviews. An interview plan and list of questions must be provided to OCR for review and approval prior to the interviews; and b. administration of a climate survey, which may be accomplished through a written or electronic survey, provided that students receiving the survey also are notified of a contact person, such as a counselor, should they wish to discuss this issue in person. The District may use utilize the California Healthy Kids Survey for this purpose, provided it is customized to measure the specific information required by this item VII. The survey must be provided to OCR for review and approval prior to its use. Information gathered during the climate check will be used to inform future proactive steps taken by the District, and to make adjustments to the education plan and guidance on remedial action described in Item XIV, below. The District will analyze the results of the climate check process and within sixty (60) calendar days of the date it is conducted each year. The analysis will include recommendations to address concerns or issues identified through the check. REPORTING REQUIREMENT: By May 7, 2014, the District will provide the survey, interview plan and draft interview questions to OCR for review. By May 23, 2014 and annually thereafter until OCR has completed its monitoring of this Agreement, the District will conduct a climate check. Within 60 days of completing its analysis of the climate check, the District will inform OCR of the results, any recommendations, and any responsive actions that it plans to take. Upon OCR’s request, the District will provide OCR with the raw results of the survey, notes from the student interviews, and any related documentation.

Climate. The District will ensure that the educational environment of each student who reports sexual or gender-based harassment is free of harassment, and will take steps to eliminate the hostile environment, including interim measures to assist or protect the complaining student and the broader school community, where appropriate, during the investigation of reported harassment. In collaboration with the consultant, the District will develop and conduct an annual climate check process to assess students’ attitudes and knowledge regarding various types of sexual and gender-based harassment; gather information concerning students’ experience with sexual and gender-based harassment; determine whether students know when and how to report sexual and gender-based harassment; and assess the effectiveness of steps taken pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise by the District to ensure that its schools are free of sexual and gender-based harassment and, in particular, sexual assaults and sexual violence. The climate check process will be conducted through: a. : interviews of groups of randomly selected students from each grade, between fifth and twelfth, from representative District elementary, middle and high schools. The consultant and a District administrator with Title IX training will conduct the interviews. An interview plan and list of questions must be provided to OCR for review and approval prior to the interviews; and b. and administration of a climate survey, which may be accomplished through a written or electronic survey, provided that students receiving the survey also are notified of a contact person, such as a counselor, should they wish to discuss this issue in person. The District may use the California Healthy Kids Survey for this purpose, provided it is customized to measure the specific information required by this item VII. The survey must be provided to OCR for review and approval prior to its use. Information gathered during the climate check will be used to inform future proactive steps taken by the District, and to make adjustments to the education plan and guidance on remedial action described in Item XIV, below. The District will analyze the results of the climate check process and within sixty (60) calendar days of the date it is conducted each year. The analysis will include recommendations to address concerns or issues identified through the check. REPORTING REQUIREMENT: By May 7, 2014, the District will provide the survey, interview plan and draft interview questions to OCR for review. By May 23, 2014 and annually thereafter until OCR has completed its monitoring of this Agreement, the District will conduct a climate check. Within 60 days of completing its analysis of the climate check, the District will inform OCR of the results, any recommendations, and any responsive actions that it plans to take. Upon OCR’s request, the District will provide OCR with the raw results of the survey, notes from the student interviews, and any related documentation.