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Student Sexual Harassment Policy

 

The Greater Albany Public Schools District is committed to making schools free from sexual harassment and discrimination. Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of the Civil Rights Act of 1972 and is prohibited by both federal and state laws. The district prohibits sexual harassment of students by other students, employees or other persons, at school or at school-sponsored or school-related activities. Sexual harassment is defined in Board Policy to mean unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature, made by someone from or in the educational setting. The superintendent or his/her designee shall ensure that district students receive age-appropriate instruction about their rights to be free from sexual harassment, the district procedure for reporting and investigating complaints of sexual harassment, and with whom a complaint should be filed.

The district prohibits conduct that has the purpose or effect of having a negative impact on the individual’s work or academic performance, or that is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to create an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational environment.

The district further prohibits sexual harassment that conditions a student’s status, progress, benefits, services, honors, program, or activities based on submission to such conduct.  

Any student who feels that he/she is being, or has been, sexually harassed by a school employee, another student, or a non-school employee at school or at a school-related event shall immediately contact his/her teacher or any other district employee. An employee who receives such a complaint shall report it in accordance with administrative procedures.  See “Sexual Harassment: GBN/JBA.”

Employees who violate this policy shall be subject to discipline up to and including dismissal. Any disciplinary action shall be in accordance with applicable federal and state laws and/or collective bargaining agreements.

Students who violate this policy may be subject to discipline, up to and including expulsion, in accordance with district policy, administrative procedure and state law. 

When a student, or if applicable, the student’s parents, file a complaint alleging behavior that might violate the district’s policy, the student or student’s parents shall receive a written notification which will set forth the following:

  •  The rights of the student, the student’s parents, the staff member, and the person or the person’s parents who filed the complaint.
  • Information about the internal complaint processes available through the school or school district that the student, student’s parents, staff member, person or person’s parents who filed the complaint may pursue.
  • Notice that civil and criminal remedies that are not provided by the school or school district may be available to the student, student’s parents, staff member, person, or person’s parents through the legal system, and that those remedies may be subject to statutes of limitation.
  • Information about services available to the student or staff member through the school or school district, including any counseling services, nursing services or peer advising.
  • Information about the privacy rights of the student, staff member, or person, and legally recognized exceptions to those rights for internal complaint processes and services available through the school or school district.
  • Information about, and contact information for, state and community-based services and resources that are available to persons who have experienced sexual harassment.

Questions or concerns regarding sexual harassment may be directed to any building administrator or the district’s Title IX Coordinator:

Title IX Coordinator
Greater Albany Public Schools
718 SW 7th Street
Albany, OR 97321
Telephone: (541) 967-4503