S. Student Sexual Discrimination or Sexual Violence 1. If an individual believes they have been denied admission, employment, or participation in a BI program or sport based on their sex or has experienced sexual harassment as defined above, they should contact the Title IX Coordinator immediately. 2. If any student, staff member, or other member of the BI community is a victim of, or is made aware of sexual violence or sexual assault, they should report it to the Title IX Coordinator immediately. The Title IX Coordinator will conduct an investigation to determine if sexual discrimination or sexual violence occurred. See the Title IX policy for more information. T. Sexual Misconduct 1. Word of Life believes that all sexual acts outside of a biblically defined marriage between one man and one woman are sinful. 2. Word of Life also takes seriously our responsibility to care for those attending our camps, BI, or are serving as staff or volunteers. Staff are not permitted to be alone with someone below the age of 18. Staff and students are also prohibited from being alone in vehicles with people of the opposite gender if one of them is married. Students and campers are not permitted to have physical contact with the opposite gender, and dating or courting must include a third party. 3. Instances of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, or stalking should be reported to Security or a Dean immediately. Any criminal acts will be referred to law enforcement. U. Registered Sex Offenders 1. Background checks are performed on all staff, students, volunteers, and many of our vendors. We follow up on any records of criminal activity. Those who have been convicted for child abuse may not be employed at Word of Life and may not work with or near children at any Word of Life property or activity. 2. You may obtain a listing of registered convicted sex offenders living in our area by visiting the NY State Division of Criminal Justice website at www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/nsor . The zip code for Pottersville is 12860, and the zip code for Schroon Lake is 12870. Additionally, the site users.nyalert.gov will allow you to enroll to receive alerts when sex offenders relocate into our area. The Security Department includes nearby registered sex offenders in our security watch list. V. Training The Security Department conducts security and emergency training at the following times each year. While the training is tailored for certain audiences, it includes emergency procedures, crime prevention and crime reporting. 1. Beginning of fall semester students, RDs, RAs, and Bible Institute staff 2. Beginning of summer camp – counselors, camp crew, students, camp staff, volunteers 3. Spring and summer missions trips – Missions Reality and Student Fusion trip leaders and participants 4. Winter – Cross Cultural Interns (CCI) before departing for two-year international deployments 5. Fire evacuation drills – twice each year at the BI and once each summer 6. Occasionally we partner with local first responders to train in active shooter or mass casualty scenarios. W. Missing Person Notification Students are allowed to specify who Word of Life should contact in the event they are reported missing. This may be the same person or persons as their emergency contact or different persons. Word of Life Emergency Procedures prescribes contact attempts to the missing person, property searches, and notification to their “missing person contacts.”
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