Title IX 

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces, among other statutes, 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:

No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

Scope of Title IX

Title IX applies to institutions that receive federal financial assistance from ED, including state and local educational agencies. These agencies include approximately 16,500 local school districts, 7,000 postsecondary institutions, as well as charter schools, for-profit schools, libraries, and museums. Also included are vocational rehabilitation agencies and education agencies of 50 states, the District of Columbia, and territories and possessions of the United States.

Educational programs and activities that receive ED funds must operate in a nondiscriminatory manner. Some key issue areas in which recipients have Title IX obligations are: recruitment, admissions, and counseling; financial assistance; athletics; sex-based harassment; treatment of pregnant and parenting students; discipline; single-sex education; and employment. Also, a recipient may not retaliate against any person for opposing an unlawful educational practice or policy, or made charges, testified or participated in any complaint action under Title IX. For a recipient to retaliate in any way is considered a violation of Title IX.

Please refer to School Board Policy 103 Discrimination/ Title IX Sexual Harassment Affecting Students and School Board Policy 104 Discrimination/Title IX Sexual Harassment Affecting Staff for specific procedures and grievance process for formal complaints.

Administrative Team Training

Mrs. Fisher has completed K-12 compliance training for Title IX .

Administrative team members completed Title IX training by the Beard Legal Group and the Levin Legal Group on August 10,11, 14, 2020.

Coordinator:

Mrs. Lisa Fisher 

1605 Four Mile Drive, Williamsport, PA 17701

Phone – 570-326-6508 x1011