The Governing Board designates as the District Human Rights Officer to receive reports or complaints of harassment or violence, hazing, bullying, and also responsible for coordinating Title IX concerns. The Human Rights Officer may delegate investigations of complaints as deemed appropriate. If the complaint involves the District Human Rights Officer, the complaint shall be filed directly with the Superintendent.
Executive Director of Teaching & Learning
4601 Dean Lakes Boulevard | Shakopee, MN 55379
(952) 567-8105
Title IX prohibits discrimination based on sex by entities that receive federal funding. Under the new regulations to Title IX taking effect August 14, 2020, a school or school district’s Title IX Coordinator, Investigator, Decision-Maker, and Informal Resolution Process Facilitator must all be trained on the following topics: the definition of sexual harassment, the scope of a school’s education program or activity, the new regulatory requirements of the Title IX investigation and grievance process, and how to avoid conflicts of interest and bias.
DEFINITION
Sexual Harassment is defined by regulation as conduct on the basis of sex that also satisfies one or more of the following conditions:
1. A school employee conditioning the provision of an aid, benefit, or service of school on an individual’s participation in unwelcome sexual conduct;
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;
3. Sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking, as those terms are defined by federal law.
The following have been trained to understand the regulations, and how to conduct and resolve a Title IX investigation under the new grievance procedure:
Title IX Coordinator
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TEACHING & LEARNING
Investigator
JYOTI WADHWA | DIRECTOR OF SPECIAL SERVICES
Decision-Maker
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
Informal Resolution Process Facilitator
ELIZABETH HARNER | DIRECTOR OF ADULT LEARNING & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Please refer to School Board Policies:
413 Harassment and Violence
514 Bullying Prohibition
526 Hazing Prohibition