. Dating Violence: Violence committed by a person who is or has been in a social relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim. The existence of such a relationship shall be determined based on the complainant’s statement and with consideration of the length of the relationship, the type of relationship, and the frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the relationship. For purposes of this definition, dating violence includes, but is not limited to, sexual or physical abuse or the threat of such abuse, and dating violence does not include acts covered under the definition of domestic violence. . Domestic Violence: A felony or misdemeanor crime of violence committed: (1) by a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim; (2) by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common; (3) by a person who is cohabitating with, or has cohabitated with, the victim as a spouse or intimate partner; (4) by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred; or (5) by any other person against an adult or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction in which the crime of violence occurred. . Stalking: Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to: fear for the person’s safety or the safety of others or suffer substantial emotional distress. For the purposes of this definition, course of conduct means two or more acts, including, but not limited to, acts in which the stalker directly, indirectly, or through third parties, by any action, method, device, or means, follows monitors, observes, or surveils, threatens, or communicates to or about a person, or interferes with a person’s property; and reasonable person means a reasonable person under similar circumstances and with similar identities to the victim. . Sexual Violence: Incidents of sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking. Consent: All school standards prohibit sexual activity outside of marriage. In addition, sexual activity requires consent from both parties involved as a matter of state and federal law. Consent must be voluntary, clear and unambiguous between both parties. Consent cannot be obtained from someone who is a minor, asleep, unconscious or otherwise mentally or physically incapacitated. Consent cannot be given under coercion, threat, or force. . Education Program or Activity: Includes locations, events, or circumstances over which the Bible Institute exercised substantial control over both the respondent and the context in which the sexual harassment occurs, and also includes any building owned or controlled by a student organization that is officially recognized by the Bible Institute. . Complainant: An individual(s) who is alleged to be the victim of conduct that could constitute sexual harassment or sex discrimination. . Respondent: Any individual(s) who has been reported to be the perpetrator of conduct that could constitute sexual harassment. B. Confidentiality Individuals who wish to submit a confidential report of sex-based discrimination or sexual harassment, which does not include the complainant’s name, should know that this may limit the Bible Institute’s ability to fully resolve the complaint. Except as necessary to investigate and resolve complaints of sex discrimination or formal complaints of sexual harassment, the Bible Institute will keep confidential the identity of any individual who has made a report or complaint of sex discrimination, any individual who has made a report or filed a formal complaint of sexual harassment, any complainant, any individual who has been reported to be the perpetrator of sex discrimination, any respondent, and any witness. Reports of sexual violence will be included in the Bible Institute’s crime statistics but will not include the names of the parties involved. See Section X.F of the Annual Security Report for further information. The outcome of an investigation involving students is part of the education record of the student parties involved and is protected from release to the public under the federal law, FERPA, with some exceptions. The Bible Institute may release publicly the name, the violation committed and the sanction imposed for any respondent who is found to have violated a Bible Institute policy by committing sexual assault or a “crime of violence,” including: arson, burglary, robbery, criminal homicide, assault, destruction/damage/vandalism of property and kidnapping/abduction.
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