Nondiscrimination and Anti-Harassment clone

The Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other basis prohibited by law and prohibits discrimination, including harassment, in any education program or activity that it operates. The District’s Nondiscrimination policies can be found in Board Policies 410 and 511, and the District’s Anti-Harassment policies can be found in Board Policies 411 and 512.

The District has designated the following individuals as the District’s Compliance Officers to coordinate efforts to comply with and carry out its nondiscrimination and anti-harassment responsibilities, and questions regarding the District’s nondiscrimination commitments, as well as related laws, regulations, and District policies, may be referred to the following designated employees:

Troy Hamblin
Director of Human Resources
7630 10th Street
Oak Creek, WI 53154
(414) 768-6155
t.hamblin@ocfsd.org

Bridget Kotarak
Assistant Superintendent
7630 10th Street
Oak Creek, WI 53154
(414) 768-6150
b.kotarak@ocfsd.org

Retaliation against anyone who, in good faith, makes a report of harassment or discrimination, files a complaint of harassment or discrimination, serves as a witness, or participates in an investigation or grievance process is also a violation of the District’s nondiscrimination policy and is prohibited.

Any person who wishes to make a complaint of discrimination or harassment in the District’s education program or activity may contact the District’s Compliance Officer(s) and/or may fill out a Discrimination and/or Harassment Report Form and return to the District’s Compliance Officer(s).

NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX

The Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District does not discriminate on the basis sex, including on the basis of sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity, in any education program or activity that it operates. The District complies with Title IX and its implementing regulations and the District’s Title IX policy can be found in Board Policy 300.

Inquiries about Title IX may be referred to the District’s Title IX Coordinators, the U.S.
Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, or both. The District has designated the
following individuals to serve as the District’s Title IX Coordinators:

Troy Hamblin
Director of Human Resources
7630 10th Street
Oak Creek, WI 53154
(414) 768-6155
t.hamblin@ocfsd.org

Bridget Kotarak
Assistant Superintendent
7630 10th Street
Oak Creek, WI 53154
(414) 768-6150
b.kotarak@ocfsd.org

Retaliation against anyone who, in good faith, makes a report sex discrimination, files a
complaint of sex discrimination, serves as a witness, or participates in an investigation or
grievance procedure is also a violation of the District’s Title IX policy and is prohibited.
The District’s Title IX Coordinators will coordinate efforts to comply with and carry out the
District’s Title IX nondiscrimination responsibilities, and questions regarding the District’s
nondiscrimination commitments, as well as related laws, regulations, and District policies may be referred to the Title IX Coordinators. Additionally, to report information about conduct that may constitute sex discrimination, including sex-based harassment, or to make a complaint of sex discrimination, please contact the District’s Title IX Coordinator(s) and/or fill out a Title IX Complaint and provide the Title IX Complaint to the District’s Title IX Coordinator(s).

Additionally, the District has designated confidential employees, for purposes of Title IX. A list of all confidential employees can be found here.

Title IX Nondiscrimination Policy Statement

As mandated by the current provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and under the regulations set forth in Chapter 106 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations (“the federal Title IX regulations”), the District does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of sex in any education program or activity that the District operates. Title IX’s requirement not to discriminate in any education program or activity extends to cover, but is not limited to, District students, certain admissions processes, and District employment. Inquiries regarding how Title IX and the federal Title IX regulations apply to the District may be referred to a District Title IX Coordinator (as designated below), to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education, or to both.

The District’s commitment to nondiscrimination under Title IX and under other state and federal laws is further defined in the following policies of the School Board: Policy 411 Student Non-Discrimination, Anti-Harassment, and Anti-Bullying, Policy 512 Staff Harassment, and Policy 512.1 Employee Title IX

District Title IX Coordinators

The District employees who hold each of the positions identified below serve as Title IX Coordinators for the District:

Troy Hamblin,
Director of Human Resources

7630 S 10th Street
Oak Creek, WI 53154
(414) 768-6155

t.hamblin@ocfsd.org

Bridget Kotarak,
Assistant Superintendent

7630 S 10th Street
Oak Creek, WI 53154
(414) 768-6150

b.kotarak@ocfsd.org

Reporting Sex Discrimination

Any person (including a person who is not claiming to have been personally harmed/victimized by the alleged discrimination) may report a concern or allegation regarding prohibited sex discrimination (including sexual harassment) to the District. Such reports may be submitted as follows:

To a District Title IX Coordinator, either in person, by U.S. mail, by telephone, or by electronic mail, using the contact information listed above. In person reports should be made when the Title IX Coordinator is reasonably available during regular working hours. Reports submitted by telephone, mail, or electronic mail may be made at any time.
By any other means that results in a Title IX Coordinator actually receiving the person's verbal or written report.

Filing Formal Complaints of Title IX Sexual Harassment

As required by the federal Title IX regulations, the District has established a formal grievance process for investigating and resolving “formal complaints” of “sexual harassment,” as those terms are defined in the regulations.

An individual who is alleged to be the victim of conduct that could constitute sexual harassment under the federal Title IX regulations (i.e., a Title IX “complainant”), or a parent or guardian who has a legal right to act on behalf of such an individual, may file a formal complaint of sexual harassment. No Title IX complainant is obligated to file a formal complaint, but a qualifying formal complaint is necessary for the District to start an investigation using the District’s formal Title IX grievance process.

Complainants are expected to file formal complaints of sexual harassment with a District Title IX Coordinator by submitting a document or electronic submission in person, by U.S. mail, or by electronic mail, using the contact information specified above. The form(s) may be found in the Procedure for Policy: Student Non-Discrimination, Anti-Harassment and Anti-Bullying Policy and/or Procedure for Policy: Employee Title IX.

Additional requirements for formal complaints of Title IX sexual harassment, including a description of the required content for a formal complaint, are set forth in Procedure for Policy: Student Non-Discrimination, Anti-Harassment and Anti-Bullying Policy and/or Procedure for Policy: Employee Title IX.

District Response to Reports and Complaints of Sex Discrimination and to Formal Complaints of Sexual Harassment under Title IX

The District has established grievance procedures through which the District structures its response to reports that allege unlawful discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity of the District. Those procedures are set forth in Procedure for Policy: Student Non-Discrimination, Anti-Harassment and Anti-Bullying Policy and/or Procedure for Policy: Employee Title IX. The purpose of such procedures is to provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of any report or complaint of alleged sex discrimination, excluding formal complaints of sexual harassment under Title IX (which are subject to a different process).

Any time that the District has actual knowledge of sexual harassment or allegations of sexual harassment that could constitute a violation of Title IX, the District has obligations to respond to such knowledge in a manner that is not deliberately indifferent and in a manner that treats the alleged victim(s) of sexual harassment and the alleged perpetrator(s) of sexual harassment equitably. Such a response includes, but is not limited to, offering supportive measures to a complainant and investigating and resolving any formal complaint that presents allegations of Title IX sexual harassment using the formal grievance process that the District has adopted for such formal complaints. District procedures for responding to alleged sexual harassment under Title IX, including the formal grievance process, are set forth in Procedure for Policy: Student Non-Discrimination, Anti-Harassment and Anti-Bullying Policy and/or Procedure for Policy: Employee Title IX.

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