The Title IX Office provides a safe environment for all students, staff and faculty. It is committed to promoting fairness and equity in all aspects of higher education, and creating a campus culture that proactively prevents and responds to all sexual harassment, sexual violence, and other forms of gender-based violence.
The role and duty of Title IX Coordinator & Compliance Officer is to coordinate with appropriate administrators to identify and address any patterns or systemic problems under Title IX and to assess the overall efficacy of the coordination campus-wide. To enforce prompt and equitable investigation of reports of sexual misconduct, gender based-harassment and identify remedies. Additional requirements include, elimination of hostile environments to prevent its re occurrence and address the effects. This happens through education, policy reform and enforcement.
As of July 1, 2017, the Title IX Coordinator and Compliance Officer role became a stand alone position to enforce Title IX regulations.
A summary of actions include:
The Title IX Coordinator and Compliance Officer supports the college in meeting its achievement standards by addressing potential hostile environments. We promote student achievement and student success by providing a safe environment for the campus community.
The Title IX Coordinator and Compliance Officer supports the college in meeting its Strategic Direction and Priorities by implementing mandatory trainings that define and explain the ability to consent, definition of sexual harassment and sexual violence, and how these constitute sex discrimination. The Title IX Coordinator and Compliance Officer educates students on how, when, and where to report sexual misconduct. (Initiative 2.a.1 and 2).
Our programs address sexual harassment and sexual violence by eliminating any hostile environment, prevent its recurrence and address its effects. (Initiative 6.1)
The Office of Civil Rights (OCR) enforces Program Review for the Title IX Coordinator and Compliance Officer.
Title IX Coordinator and Compliance Officer has the following goals:
- Needs administrative and campus support to carry out the resolution agreement for the college
- Obtain approval from OCR for all trainings for the campus community
- Develop and administer a campus climate survey
- Create and develop a Title IX webpage
Strategy 1 - Create a Title IX Office with Support Staff
Administrative support is needed to assist Title IX Coordinator (TIXC) in meeting the mandatory Resolution Agreement for Office of Civil rights (OCR). Without this support for the TIXC will be challenged to fulfill compliance required for OCR and their job duties to the campus/district.
Currently the space for TIXC is a small office in a very populated area. Confidentiality is a legal right afford to reporting parties and a value of our College. Having an area the assures and affords this is needed.
Not only is the TIXC responsible for the daily duties meeting and maintaining compliance is governed by OCR. It is critical that TIXC have Administrative support to comply and meet their job duties. The daunting process of paperwork, scheduling trainings, scheduling reporting and responding parties, assisting in campus announcements and email correspondence could be met with Administrative Support. In addition, it is critical that reporting and responding parties are provided the confidentiality required by law. Creating a culture shift and change that involves encouraging reporting of any and all sexual misconduct and all harassment begins with creating an office space that feels safe and confidential.
Strategy 2 - Conduct Title IX Training for the Campus
Campus -wide trainings that educate the college community on their rights and responsibilities of reporting. The education trainings will also provide the legally required consent training of, "yes means yes"law all campus community. OCR requires the College to meet theserequirements through multiple mediums,not only face to face but annually providing on-line training too. This required training also applies to faculty and staff.
When utilizing on line trainings we can capture data and use as a bench mark for increased awareness, increase reporting and this in turn will support retention for our students. The collected date will be shared campus-wide and available for future grant use by the campus. In addtion, our facultyand staff will feel capable of directing students to correct resources and knowlegable about hter rights and responsibilites to students and district.
Strategy 3 - Administer Campus Climate Survey
A Campus Climate Survey (CCS) will be administered annually to collect data and create a base-line for future trainings, educational needs, understanding of consent laws, reporting requirements and how safe the campus community feels to report violations. The CCS is also, a requirement for OCR Resolution Agreement.
a CCS will afford the campus with qualatitive data and information that can and should drive retention and student achievements. The CCS will focus on student input on barriers to class completions, barriers to graduation and gauge student's familiarity with the where and how to report and willingness to report.
Strategy 4 - Title IX Website Design and Content
The Title IX web site will be a comprehensive site housing the College’s Sexual Misconduct policies, Non- Discrimination Statement and all Harassment policy and procedures. Currently the AP and BP’s are housed in an area that OCR deemed as exclusive and not easily found or accessible. The goal is to collaborate with SOC 180 to create a site that meets students and staff needs as well as brings the College into compliance with OCR.
A confidential and quiet space for interviews and investigation.
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| Original Priority | Program, Unit, Area | Resource Type | Account Number | Object Code | One Time Augment | Ongoing Augment |
| Description | Supporting Rationale | Potential Alternative Funding Sources | Prioritization Criteria | |||
| 1 | Title IX | Personnel | $0.00 | $71,269.00 | ||
| Administrative support is needed to comply with Title IX mandates. Having someone take care of the administrative duties will allow me to get work done. | Administrative Secretary Non Instructional CSEA level 24. Confidential etc... |
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| 2 | Title IX | Operating Expenses | $10,000.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Mandatory Training for students and staff | Office of Civil Rights and Title IX require all college campuses to provide annual training to their respective campuses. Due to our Resolution Agreement with OCR we must provide this annually. |
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| 3 | Title IX | Operating Expenses | $12,500.00 | $0.00 | ||
| Climate Survey | An annual campus climate survey is not only mandatory for our OCR resolution agreement but will glean valuable data that can drive retention as well as creating a campus culture of accountability |
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