Prevention Sexual Harassment and Discrimination
What is Title IX?
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in educational programs and activities. Title IX prohibits discrimination based on pregnancy and parental status, sexual harassment, sexual violence, stalking, domestic violence, dating violence, and retaliation.
Confidentiality
Jefferson Community & Technical College seeks to respect requests for confidentiality in its response to incidents of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. However, it may be necessary to reveal certain personally identifying information to investigate and address complaints effectively. In such cases, the college takes steps to ensure that information is only shared as necessary, on a need-to-know basis, to resolve the underlying allegations.
College employees, including faculty, administrators, staff, and student employees, must report to the Title IX Coordinator any incidents of possible sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, sex discrimination, or retaliation affecting members of the KCTCS community that are reported to them or of which they become aware.
Pregnant & Parenting Procedures
Title IX is a federal civil rights law that protects students in all of the academic, educational, extracurricular, athletic, and other programs or activities of schools. This includes prohibiting discrimination against pregnant and parenting students.
Title IX protects pregnant and parenting students who are experiencing medical complications due to their pregnancy; childbirth; false pregnancy; termination of pregnancy; recovery from any of these conditions; or lactation.
The law states that a school is required to make reasonable accommodation for a student experiencing these circumstances including:
- Giving a student a reasonable amount of time to make up missed assignments,
- Not penalizing the student for being absent from class(es), and
- Allowing the student to re-enter the school at the same academic status before a leave began.
Title IX pregnant & parenting cases are not retroactive. A school must be aware of a situation in order to respond to it. Documentation is required.
If you are experiencing medical complications due to pregnancy; childbirth; false pregnancy; termination of pregnancy; recovery from any of these conditions; or lactation, you need to contact your school’s Title IX Coordinator, Kimberly D. Duell at (502) 213-2177 or kimberly.duell@kctcs.edu, in order to discuss your request for Title IX accommodation(s).
Administrative Policies & Procedures: Sexual Harassment and Misconduct
- Admin Procedure 3.3.1A-P Title IX Sexual Harassment and Misconduct Procedure
- Appendix A Assessment and Investigation
- Appendix B Formal Grievance Hearing Procedure
- KCTCS Sexual Misconduct Procedure
