Title IX
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The North East ISD prohibits discrimination, including sexual harassment, against any student on the basis of sex. All students have a right to participate in District educational programs and school-related activities free from all forms of retaliation sexual or gender based harassment, and dating violence. Retaliation against anyone involved in the complaint process is a violation of District policy and is prohibited. For more information regarding Title IX see the NEISD Secondary Student/Parent Handbook and NEISD Elementary Student/Parent Handbook.
Definitions under Title IX
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Sexual Harassment
Includes conduct on the basis of sex that satisfies one or more of the following:
- A school employee conditioning educational benefits on participation in unwelcome sexual conduct;
- Unwelcome conduct that a reasonable person would determine is so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the school’s education program or activity; or
- Sexual assault (as defined by the Clery Act), dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking as defined in the Violence Against Women Act.
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Gender-based Harassment
Includes unwelcome conduct based on an individual’s actual or perceived sex. It includes slurs, offensive jokes, rumors, cyberharassment, physical aggression or assault; threatening or intimidating conduct; or other aggressive conduct.
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Dating Violence
Occurs when a person in a current or past dating relationship uses physical, sexual, verbal, or emotional abuse to harm, threaten, intimidate, or control the other person in the relationship.
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Retaliation
No individual may intimidate, threaten, coerce, or discriminate against any individual for the purpose of interfering with any right or privilege secured by Title IX, or because the individual has made a report or complaint, assisted, or participated or refused to participate in any manner in a Title IX investigation or formal complaint.
Title IX Training Resources
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NEISD’s Title IX administrators have attended Eichelbaum Wardell Hansen Powell & Muñoz P.C.’s “New Title IX Rules and Regulations” series. Materials from this series in compliance with Section 106.45(b)(10)(i)(D) of the regulations can be found here: http://www.edlaw.com/materials/new-title-ix-rules-and-regulations-materials.aspx.
Reporting
North East ISD considers harassment and discrimination of students a very serious matter and will use the information in this report to begin the process of investigation outlined in Board policy FFH.
Please file a Title IX Complaint for anything that you may have seen, heard, or experienced.
Bully Awareness
Bullying means a single significant act or a pattern of acts by one or more students directed at another student that exploits an imbalance of power and involves engaging in written or verbal expression, expression through electronic means, or physical conduct. Bullying includes cyberbullying and cyberstalking.
At NEISD, we take bullying seriously. To learn more or report an incident, click below."
Campus Title IX Coordinator
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