A. Definitions . Title IX Coordinator: An employee of the school designated to ensure compliance with Title IX regulations and investigate all allegations of sex discrimination. . Sex Discrimination: Discrimination in education programs or activities, including employment, admission, and/ or participation in sports or school organizations on the basis of one’s sex. . Sexual Harassment: Conduct on the basis of sex that satisfies one or more of the following: 1. An employee of the school conditioning the provision of an aid, benefit, or service of the school on an individual’s participation in unwelcome sexual conduct (quid pro quo harassment); 2. Unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the school’s education program or activity; or 3. Sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking (as defined below). . Sexual Assault: Any sexual act directed against another person, without consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent, that meets the definition of rape, fondling, incest and statutory rape. . Rape: the penetration, no matter how slight, of the vagina or anus, with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of another person, without the consent of the victim. . Fondling: the touching of the private body parts of another person for the purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her age or because of his/her temporary or permanent mental incapacity. . Incest: sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law. . Statutory Rape: sexual intercourse with a person who is under the statutory age of consent. . 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. .
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