TITLE IX COORDINATOR
Lynn A. Ryan
4100 Normal Street, Room 2129
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 725-7225 Telephone
(619) 725-5529 FAX
lryan@sandi.net
STUDENT NONDISCRIMINATION POLICY STATEMENT
San Diego Unified School Districtis committed to equal opportunity for all
individuals in education. District programs and activities shall be free from
discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying by reason of the
following actual or perceived characteristics: age, ancestry, color, mental or
physical disability, ethnicity, ethnic group identification, gender, gender
expression, gender identity, genetic information, immigration status, marital
or parental status, nationality, national origin, actual or perceived sex,
sexual orientation, race, religion, or on the basis of a person’s association
with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived
characteristics. 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. 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, state and/or collective bargaining
agreements.
For full policies, reference Board Policy ("BP") 0410, entitled "Nondiscrimination in District Programs and Activities; and, Adminstrative Regulation ("AR") 5145.3 and Board Policy ("BP") 5145.3 , entitled "Nondiscrimination/Harassment."
NOTICE OF TITLE IX SEXUAL HARASSMENT COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
The United States Code of Federal Regulations, Title 34, Section 106.8
requires the district to issue the following notification to students at all
grade levels and their parents/guardians:
The San Diego Unified School District does not discriminate, nor does it
permit discrimination, on the basis of sex in any education program or activity
that it operates. The prohibition
against discrimination on the basis of sex is required by federal law (20 USC 1681-1688; 34 CFR Part 106) and extends to employment. The District also prohibits retaliation
against any student for filing a complaint or exercising any right granted
under Title IX.
Title IX requires a school district to take immediate and appropriate
action to address any potential Title IX violations that are brought to its
attention. The district has designated
and authorized the following employee as the district's Title IX Coordinator to
address concerns or inquiries regarding discrimination on the basis of sex,
including sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic
violence, and stalking:
TITLE IX COORDINATOR
Lynn A. Ryan
4100 Normal Street, Room 2129
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 725-7225 Telephone
(619) 725-5529 FAX
lryan@sandi.net
Prohibited
sexual harassment under the Education Code includes, but is not limited to,
unwelcome sexual advances, unwanted requests for sexual favors, or other
unwanted verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature made against
another person of the same or opposite sex in the educational setting, under
any of the following conditions: (Education Code 212.5; 5 CCR 4916).
1) Submission to the
conduct is explicitly or implicitly made a term or condition of a student's
academic status or progress.
2) Submission to or
rejection of the conduct by a student is used as the basis for academic
decisions affecting the student.
3) The conduct has
the purpose or effect of having a negative impact on the student's academic
performance or of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational
environment.
4) Submission to or
rejection of the conduct by the student is used as the basis for any decision
affecting the student regarding benefits and services, honors, programs, or
activities available at or through any district program or activity.
Prohibited
sexual harassment under federal law is defined to include:
1) a district
employee conditioning the provision of a district aid, benefit, or service on
an individual's participation in unwelcome sexual conduct;
2) unwelcome conduct
determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively
offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the school
district’s education program or activity; or
3) sexual assault,
dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking as defined in 20 USC 1092 and
34 USC 12291).
Any inquiries about the application of Title IX, this notice, and who is protected by Title IX may be referred to the district's Title IX Coordinator, to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education or both.
Any individual may report sex discrimination, including sexual
harassment, to the Title IX Coordinator or any other school employee at any
time, including during non-business hours, by mail, phone, or email. During district business hours, reports may
also be made in person.
Upon receiving an allegation of sexual harassment, the Title IX
Coordinator will promptly notify the parties, in writing, of the applicable
district complaint procedure.
To view an electronic copy of the district's policies and administrative
regulations on sexual harassment, including the grievance process that complies
with 34 CFR 106.45. please see Administrative Regulation (“AR”) 5145.7 and Board Policy (“BP”) 5145.7 entitled “Sexual Harassment"; and, AR 5145.71 entitled “Title IX Sexual Harassment Complaint Procedures.”
To inspect or obtain a copy of the district's sexual harassment policies
and administrative regulations, please contact the Title IX Coordinator. Materials used to train the Title IX Coordinator, investigator(s), decision-maker(s), and any person who facilitates an informal resolution process are also publicly available on the district's
web site (here) or at the district office upon request.