What is Title IX
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in education. It reads:
“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and its implementing regulation at 34 C.F.R. Part 106 (Title IX).
Title IX benefits both males and females to create gender equitable schools and universities. The law mandates those educational institutions maintain policies, procedures and programs that do not discriminate against anyone based on sex. Under the law, males and females are expected to receive fair and equitable treatment in all areas of public education including recruitment, admissions, programming and activities, course offerings and access, counseling, financial aid, employment assistance, facilities and housing, health and insurance benefits, marital and parental status, scholarships, sexual discrimination, and athletics.
Williams Technical College has a designated a Title IX Coordinator to ensure all aspects of the law are adhered to.
Responsibilities of The Title IX Coordinator
Williams Technical College reserves the right to take whatever measures it deems necessary in response to an allegation of sexual discrimination to protect iindividual’srights and personal safety. Such measures include interim suspensions from campus, no contact, or communications requirements, leave with or without pay, and reporting the matter to law enforcement. Persons reporting allegations of sexual discrimination must follow the Grievance Procedure.
The Title IX Coordinator will help make sure that the grievance procedures are written in language appropriate for the age of the audience, and that they are easily understood and widely disseminated.
The Title IX Coordinator shall review the grievance procedures to help determine whether they incorporate all of the elements required for the prompt and equitable resolution of student and employee complaints under Title IX, consistent with the Title IX regulatory requirement.
The Title IX Coordinator shall communicate with students, parents or guardians and school employees to help them understand the grievance procedures; train employees and students about how Title IX protects against sex discrimination and provide consultation and information regarding Title IX requirements to potential complainants.
The Title IX coordinator is responsible for coordinating the grievance process and making certain that individual complaints are handled properly. This coordination responsibility may include informing all parties regarding the process, notifying all parties regarding grievance decisions and of the right to and procedures for appeal, if any; monitoring compliance with all of the requirements and timelines specified in the grievance procedures, and maintaining grievance and compliance records and files.
The Title IX Coordinator shall work with the community to help ensure that its grievance procedures are accessible.
Grievance Procedures
A formal grievance process is initiated when a complainant submits a written statement alleging discrimination prohibited by Title IX to the Title IX Coordinator. Prompt submission of formal grievances is encouraged. A complainant may submit via written notification, email, or by completing the form below.
The Title IX Coordinator will consider the written grievance and may dismiss the grievance without further process or review if the Title IX Coordinator determines that the grievance on its face is frivolous, not credible, clearly without merit, or outside the scope of these grievance procedures.
If the grievance is not dismissed, the Title IX Coordinator will interview the individual who submitted the written statement. Depending on the circumstances, the Title IX Coordinator also may interview others with relevant knowledge, review documentary materials, and take any other appropriate action to gather and consider information relevant to the grievance.
The Title IX Coordinator will determine whether the complainant was excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination on the basis of sex under any program or activity, using a preponderance of the evidence standard. The Title IX Coordinator will prepare a written report setting forth findings, conclusions, and actions to be taken.
Following such review, the Title IX Coordinator will, as necessary, take appropriate action to ensure that the comes into compliance with Title IX in a manner which is prompt and equitable to the complainant.
The decision of the Title IX Coordinator is the final resolution of the grievance, unless the individual who filed the grievances wish to appeal the decision through the appropriate outlined appeal policies and procedures.
While the time it may take to investigate and resolve a Title IX grievance will depend on a variety of factors, including the nature and scope of the allegations, the Title IX Coordinator will seek to resolve the grievance within 45 working days of receipt of the grievance. Throughout the process, the Title IX Coordinator will, as appropriate, keep the participants informed of the status of the grievance process.
Grievance Form.
Please feel free to complete this form if you have a grievance. This form will be automatically directed to the Title IX Coordinator. The Title IX Coordinator will contact you within 48 hours of receiving this form.
Discriminatory Statement
Williams Technical College does not discriminate based on sex in recruitment and admissions by reviewing the recipient’s recruitment mate,rials, admission forms and policies and practices in these areas.
Williams Technical College may not:
Provide different amounts or types of financial assistance, limit eligibility for such assistance, apply different criteria, or otherwise discriminate on the basis of sex in administering such assistance.
Assist any agency, organization, or person which offers sex-restricted student aid.