TITLE IX

• Title IX Board Policies

• Training/Resources

• Supportive Measures

• Formal Complaint

• Written Determination

• Dismissal

• Appeals

• Confidentiality

• Emergency Removal

• Retaliation Prohibited

• Disciplinary Sanctions

• Records

It is the policy of the Pulaski County Special School District (PCSSD) to provide equal opportunities without regard to age, race, creed, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability or veteran status in its educational programs and activities, educational services, financial aid and employment.

In keeping with the requirements of federal law, state law and applicable court order, the District will strive to remove any vestige of discrimination in the employment, assignment and promotion of personnel in educational opportunities and services offered students; in student assignment to schools and classes; in student discipline; and in location and use of facilities.

No student in the Pulaski County Special School District shall, on the grounds of age, race, creed, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability or veteran status, be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity sponsored by the District.

The District simply will not tolerate discrimination that includes misconduct by employees toward students that includes, but is not limited to, the singling out and/or different treatment of individual students or groups of students, and any other harassment based on age, race, creed, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability or veteran status. Any student who believes he or she has been subjected to discrimination should report the incident immediately to the school's principal or to the District office listed below. The District will launch a swift investigation.

PCSSD reminds all employees of their duty to report all allegations of Title IX discrimination based on sex immediately upon becoming aware of them to the designated department listed below. Students and employees who are found to have engaged in acts of discrimination, and employees who fail to report suspected discrimination to the designated department listed below, will be promptly disciplined. That discipline may include, if circumstances warrant, suspension or expulsion of a student and suspension or termination of an employee. Additionally, students or employees who retaliate against individuals who report discrimination will be promptly disciplined.

Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination in education programs and activities. Examples of Title IX violations include sexual harassment, failure to provide equal opportunity in athletics and discrimination based on pregnancy. For purposes of Title IX, sexual harassment means conduct that is unwelcome and 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.