Title IX

Randis Sanders/Title IX Coordinator

PO Box 819

503 West Third Street

Belle Mo 65013

email: titleIXcoordinator@mariesr2.org

phone number: 573-859-3800 ext. 1500

Formal Complaint Form: Title IX Formal Complaint Form

TRAINING MATERIALS USED TO TRAIN TITLE IX PERSONNEL

  • OCR requires that materials used to train "Title IX Personnel" on their duties under the new Title IX regulations be posted on the District's website by the effective date (8/14). "Title IX Personnel" are defined as the Title IX Coordinator, any investigator, any decision-maker, and any person who facilitates an informal resolution (such as mediation). OCR's website lists the following:
    Schools must ensure that Title IX personnel receive training as follows:

    • On Title IX’s definition of “sexual harassment”

    • On the scope of the school’s education program or activity

    • On how to conduct an investigation and grievance process

    • On how to serve impartially, including by avoiding prejudgment of the facts at issue

    • On how to avoid conflicts of interest and bias

    • Decision-makers must receive training on any technology to be used at a live hearing, and on issues of relevance of questions and evidence, including when questions and evidence about a complainant’s sexual predisposition or prior sexual behavior are not relevant

    • Investigators must receive training on issues of relevance to create an investigative report that fairly summarizes relevant evidence

Title IX Training completed 07-24-2024 Title IX Training

Title IX Training Title IX Training completed on 08-11-2023

Title IX training PDF Title IX Training completed on 10-18-2022

Title IX Requirements and Procedure C-131 Training Completed on 8-10-2022

Title IX Coordinator Training completed on 08-05-2020

Title IX Investigators Training completed on 10-02-2020

Title IX Decision Maker Training completed on 10-16-2020

Title IX Appeals Officer Training completed on 10-30-2020

STUDENT COMPLAINT PROCEDURES
If a student feels that he or she is being subjected to sexual harassment, sexual discrimination, or inappropriate sexual conduct, he or she may immediately inform the harasser that the conduct is unwelcome and needs to stop.

If the inappropriate conduct does not cease, or if the student is unable to or uncomfortable with addressing the alleged harasser directly, he or she should report the incident to his or her building administrator. It is helpful, but not required, to provide a written record of the date, time, nature of the incident(s), and the names of any witnesses.

It is important to report all concerns of sexual harassment, sexual discrimination, or inappropriate sexual conduct to the building administrator as soon as possible. School administration must be made aware of the situation to conduct an immediate and impartial investigation. School administration will then take appropriate action to remediate or prevent prohibited conduct from continuing.

Prohibition Against Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation

P 1301 Prohibition Against Sexual Harassment and Retaliation under Title IX

Sexual harassment as protected by law is prohibited in this District. The District also prohibits retaliation against a person who files a complaint of sexual harassment or who participates in an investigation of allegations of sexual harassment under this Regulation.

This Policy governs the District's compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The following person is designated and authorized as the District's Title IX Coordinator, with the responsibility to identify, prevent, and remedy unlawful harassment and retaliation under Title IX in the District:

Assistant Principal/Title IX Coordinator

Randis Sanders

503 W. Third, Belle MO 65013

573-859-3800 ext. 1500

TitleIXcoordinator@mariesr2.org

A complaint regarding sexual harassment or related retaliation of a student or employee under Title IX and that is alleged to have occurred on or after August 14, 2020, should be filed in accordance with the procedures outlined in Regulation 1301. A complaint by students, employees, parents, and patrons of the District alleging harassment, discrimination, or related retaliation based on a protected classification under the laws identified above (outside of Title IX) should be filed in accordance with the procedures outlined in Regulation 1300. A complaint regarding the identification, evaluation, educational program, or placement of a child with a disability under Section 504 should be filed in accordance with the procedures outlined in Regulation 2110.

Access the Office of Civil Rights: https://www.ed.gov/laws-and-policy/civil-rights-laws/title-ix-and-sex-discrimination