Written Guidance. The District will develop written guidance for all staff summarizing the District’s responsibility to provide a timely and adequate response to complaints of harassment of students based on race, color, or national origin, and the applicable District policies and procedures, and will conduct annual training on the guidance. By February 28, 2018, the District will provide, for OCR review and approval, a draft of the written guidance. Within 15 days of approval of the guidance, the District will provide OCR with documentation that it has distributed the guidance to School staff.
Written Guidance. A. The College will meet with the Theater Arts Department, and staff who are directly involved in processing, investigating and/or resolving complaints or other reports of harassment on the basis of race, color, or national origin, including deans, compliance officers, counselors and personnel likely to receive reports of harassment, to discuss:
1. The College’s commitment to a harassment-free environment;
2. A general overview of Title VI, including how the law’s nondiscrimination provisions apply to students;
3. An explanation of the College’s policies and procedures to address discrimination based on race, color, or national origin, including what constitutes racial harassment, the role of any designated compliance officer, the College policy prohibiting retaliation and intimidation;
4. An explanation of what staff should do if they believe students have been subjected to harassment, including their duty to immediately report all allegations of possible harassment;
5. The names and contact information for the designated employee(s) to whom students or others may report allegations of harassment;
6. Information regarding where staff can find the College’s harassment policies and procedures; and
7. Information about OCR and its authority to enforce Title VI.
Written Guidance. A. The District will distribute written guidance to all guidance counselors, special education teachers, school psychologists, Section 504 Coordinators, and IEP case carriers, explaining that students with disabilities shall have equal access to the School’s programs and activities, including electives and zero period courses, and such students should not be counseled or otherwise discouraged from taking electives or zero period (except and unless such courses are inappropriate based on their individualized disability related needs and as determined by their IEP or Section 504 team).
Written Guidance. A. The District will issue a written guidance memorandum for School administrators, teachers, and staff who have responsibility for responding to complaints of harassment on the basis of race, color, or national origin. The guidance memorandum will include the following:
1. Information about the District’s policy prohibiting racial discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color or national (including a reference to the District’s anti-harassment statement in Section I.A above).
2. A statement that the District is responsible under Title VI for responding appropriately to notice of discriminatory harassment based on race , color, or national origin, even if a written complaint is not filed.
3. An explanation of the steps School administrators, supervisors, and staff (including teachers and counselors) should follow if they learn of discriminatory harassment based on race, color or national origin (from School staff, parents, or students).
4. In accordance with existing District policies and to ensure consistency, a statement that a student or parent/guardian who has reported alleged incidents of harassment on the basis of race, color, or national origin should be notified of their ability to file a complaint.
5. Guidance on how and when the School should take steps to notify the students, parents or guardians who report alleged incidents of discrimination based on race, color or national origin of the outcome of the investigation of the reported incident. Included in this guidance will be the process the School should take to ensure that students, parents, or guardians receive notice of the outcome of the investigation in their primary language.
6. A description of the steps the District will take in response to harassing behavior that creates a hostile environment on the basis of race, color or national origin, including timely, reasonable, and effective responsive action that is within its authority to end the harassment, eliminate any hostile environment that has been created, prevent its recurrence, and, where appropriate, remedy the effects of the harassment on the student and others who were subjected to a hostile environment.
Written Guidance. A. The District will issue a written guidance memorandum to School staff which will, at minimum, include the following components:
1. A statement setting forth the District’s commitment to a harassment-free environment;
2. A general overview of Title VI, including how the law’s nondiscrimination provisions apply to students;
3. An explanation of the District’s Title VI policies and procedures, including what constitutes racial harassment, the role of any designated compliance officer, and corrective or disciplinary actions related to findings of violations of the District’s harassment policies and procedures, including the District policy prohibiting retaliation and intimidation;
4. An explanation of what staff should do if they believe students have been subjected to harassment, including their duty to immediately report all allegations of possible harassment;
5. The names and contact information for the designated employee(s) to whom students or others may report allegations of harassment;
6. Information regarding where staff can find the District’s harassment policies and procedures; and
7. Information about OCR and its authority to enforce Title VI.
Written Guidance. A. The District will issue a written guidance memorandum to the staff at XXX XXXXXX Elementary School and XXXXX XXXXXX Middle School which will, at minimum, include the following components:
1. A statement setting forth the District’s commitment to an environment free from harassment and discrimination based on race, color, and national origin;
2. A general overview of Title VI, including how the law’s nondiscrimination provisions apply to students;
3. An explanation of the District’s policies and procedures that prohibit discrimination, including what constitutes racial harassment, the role of any designated compliance officer who investigates discrimination complaints, and corrective or disciplinary actions related to findings of violations of the District’s harassment policies and procedures, including the District policy prohibiting retaliation and intimidation;
4. An explanation of what staff should do if they believe students have been subjected to harassment based on race, color, or national origin, including their duty to immediately report all allegations of possible harassment;
5. The names and contact information for the designated employee(s) to whom students or others may report allegations of harassment based on race, color, or national origin;
6. Information regarding where staff can find the District’s harassment policies and procedures; and
7. Information about OCR and its authority to enforce Title VI.
B. By March 30, 2018, the District will submit a draft of the guidance memorandum on the District’s harassment policies and procedures to OCR for review and approval. The District will finalize and distribute the guidance memorandum within 30 days of receiving OCR’s approval.
Written Guidance. By April 1, 2018, the District will submit a draft of this guidance to OCR for review and approval. Within 30 days of approval by OCR, the District will provide OCR with documentation that it has distributed the guidance as described above in provision IV.A.
Written Guidance. By January 15, 2018, the District will submit a draft of the guidance memorandum on the District’s harassment policies and procedures to OCR for review and approval. The District will finalize the guidance memorandum within 30 days of receiving OCR’s comments.
Written Guidance. By January 30, 2018, the College will submit a draft of the guidance memorandum on the College’s harassment policies and procedures to OCR for review and approval. The College will finalize the guidance memorandum within 30 days of receiving OCR’s comments, and submit proof of distribution.
Written Guidance. The College will distribute written guidance to its faculty, staff, and administrators that explains the revisions to the College’s discrimination procedures and policies as required by Section II above. The guidance will include instructions on appropriately informing individuals of their right to file an unlawful discrimination complaint, and the appropriate College administrator and office that receive such complaints.
