Title IX Gender Equity & Sexual Harassment

If you believe that you, your child, or a member of our school district has experienced discrimination based on sex, please immediately report the discrimination to the Title IX Coordinator, Dr. Bobby Bolen, at (907) 852-9510 or email at bobby.bolen@nsbsd.org.

The North Slope Borough School District Human Resources Office is charged with fairly addressing and reporting incidents of sexual discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual violence that affects our staff/faculty and our students. We highly encourage you to reach out to the Title IX Coordinator of Human Resources to report any suspected incidences of discrimination.

The Human Resources Office is committed to a prompt preliminary inquiry to determine if discrimination has occurred. If so, we will conduct a thorough, reliable, impartial, fast, and fair investigation. We aim to resolve all inquiries within sixty (60) days.

Please click below for the Title IX related school board policies.

https://boardpolicyonline.com/?b=north_slope&s=14891

What are my rights under Title IX?

The North Slope Borough School District is committed to providing an adequate, impartial, and reliable response to harassment. The district’s process for addressing Sexual Harassment and Discrimination is grounded in fairness and provides support for all parties. The method includes procedural safeguards that ensure notice and a meaningful participation opportunity.

  • Students have the right to equal learning opportunities in their schools.
  • Employees and students have the right to fair and equitable treatment, and they shall not be discriminated against based on sex.
  • Students and employees may not be excluded from participation, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to harassment or other forms of discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression in any program or activity.
  • Students may not be required to take and or may not be denied enrollment in a course because of their sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
  • Students have the right to be evaluated and graded without regard to their sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
  • Students will be provided counseling and guidance that is not discriminatory.
  • Counselors may not urge students to enroll in particular classes, programs, or activities based on sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
  • Schools must offer female and male students equal opportunities to play sports.
  • Equipment and supplies, game and practice schedules, budget, coaching and travel allowances, facilities, publicity, support services, and tutoring offered to teams are equivalent between male and female groups.
  • You have the right to access the Title IX Coordinator to answer questions regarding Title IX.
What is sex-based harassment?

Sexual harassment refers to sex-based conduct that satisfies one or more of the following:

  1. Quid pro quo harassment by an employee of an educational institution—meaning that an employee offers something to a student or other person in exchange for sexual conduct;

  2. Unwelcome conduct that a reasonable person would find to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to an education program or activity; or

  3. Sexual assault (as defined in the Clery Act), dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking (as defined in the Violence Against Women Act). Each of these categories of misconduct is a serious violation that jeopardizes a victim’s equal access to education.

How do I file a Title IX complaint?

Complainants wishing to file a complaint may do so by:

Mail or Facsimile: Complainants may mail or send by facsimile a letter or use the OCR’s Discrimination Complaint Form available from one of OCR’s enforcement offices (see the list of OCR’s offices in this brochure).

In your correspondence, please include the following:

·The complainant’s name, address, and, if possible (although not required), a telephone number where the complainant may be reached during business hours; • Information about the person(s) or class of persons injured by the alleged discriminatory act(s) (names of the injured person(s) are not required);

·The name and location of the institution that committed the alleged discriminatory act(s); and

·A description of the alleged discriminatory act(s) in sufficient detail to enable OCR to understand what occurred, when it occurred, and the basis for the alleged discrimination (race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or the Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act).

E-mail: Complainants may file a complaint using the following e-mail address:ocr@ed.gov.

Use the same procedures as above.

Online: Complainants may file a complaint with OCR using OCR’s electronic complaint form at the following website:http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html.

For those without current e-mail accounts, Internet access may be freely available from your local public library, and free e-mail accounts are available from several large providers.

Note: A recipient of federal financial assistance may not retaliate against any person who has made a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation or proceeding under the laws listed on the first page of this brochure. If you believe you have been retaliated against for any of these reasons, you may file a complaint with OCR.

Does Title IX Protect Only Students?

No. Title IX protects everyone interacting with a school from discrimination, including parents and guardians, students, employees, and applicants.

Are all programs in NSBSD covered by Title IX?

Yes. All programs in a school are covered if the school district receives federal financial assistance. Title IX covers all the operations of a school that receives financial assistance, including academics, extracurricular activities, athletics, and other programs. Title IX applies to the actions of a school regardless of where they occur, including those that take place in the facilities of the school, on a school bus, at a class or training program sponsored by the school at another location, or elsewhere off-campus if it is impacting the education of the student.

Source: U.S. Department of Education