BCOE is committed to providing an educational environment that is free from discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, immigration status, national origin, religion, race or ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. 

 

Any person may report sex discrimination as defined in Education Code 230 (linked here), including sexual harassment (whether or not the person reporting is the person alleged to be the victim of conduct that could constitute sex discrimination or sexual harassment) and request an investigation, in person, by mail, or by e-mail, using the contact information listed for the Title IX Coordinator & Compliance Officer, or by any other means that results in the BCOE's Title IX Coordinator receiving the person's written report. Such a report may be made at any time, including during non-business hours, by using the contact information listed for the BCOE's Title IX Coordinator & Compliance Officer.

 

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance. Title IX states that: