Title IX

Notice of Non-Discrimination

The district prohibits discrimination and harassment on any basis protected by law, including but not limited to an individual’s perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status, or veterans’ status, or because of the perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status, or veterans’ status of any other persons with whom the individual associates, please refer to Board Policy AC.

Title IX

All public schools receiving any federal funds must comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, including North Clackamas School District. A school has a responsibility to respond promptly and effectively to a claim of sexual harassment or sexual violence. Title IX requires schools to adopt and publish grievance procedures for students to file complaints of sex discrimination, including complaints of sexual harassment or sexual violence. Complaints of unlawful discrimination and harassment based on gender or sex may be made at any time and in any manner: in person, by mail, by telephone, or by electronic mail. Complaints may be brought to any staff member; however, if a student wishes to make a formal complaint, those should be brought to their building principal or the District’s Title IX Coordinator. Complaints will be promptly investigated. For more information regarding the District’s Sexual Harassment policy and complaint process, please refer to Board Policy JBA/GBN.

The district is committed to eliminating sexual harassment. Sexual harassment will not be tolerated in the district. All students, staff members and other persons are entitled to learn and work in an environment that is free of harassment. All staff members, students and third parties are subject to this policy. Any person may report sexual harassment.

The district processes complaints or reports of sexual harassment under Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 342.700 et. al. and federal Title IX laws found in Title 34 C.F.R. Part 106. Individual complaints may require both of these procedures and may involve additional complaint procedures.

1. Sex-Based Harassment: Defined broadly, this includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, non-verbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature, including based on sexual orientation or gender identity, that is severe or pervasive, and objectively offensive to the point that it denies a person equal access to an education program or activity.

2. Sexual Assault: Any sexual act directed against another person, without the consent of the victim, including situations where the victim is incapable of giving consent, including fondling.

3. Dating (or Domestic) Violence: Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a romantic or intimate relationship with the victim, where the behavior causes physical or emotional harm.

4. Stalking and Cyberstalking: Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to fear for their safety or suffer substantial emotional distress.

5. Gender inequity in athletics or education programs. 

6. Discrimination based on pregnancy or parenting status.

7. Retaliation: Any intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination against an individual for the purpose of interfering with any right or privilege secured by Title IX or because the individual has made a complaint or participated in an investigation or proceeding under Title IX.