NONDISCRIMINATION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

The Dexter Board of Education is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity in relation to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, and disability.  Board policy regarding nondiscrimination/equal opportunity will prevail in all matters concerning staff members, students, the public, educational programs and services, and individuals with who the Board does business.  The Superintendent will appoint the compliance officers and/or Title IX Coordinators.

All reports or grievances regarding discrimination in employment other than those regarding discrimination on the basis of sex should be directed to the Superintendent’s office of compliance.  All complaints or reports of discrimination on the basis of sex shall be directed to the Title IX Coordinator per policy.

Dexter Consolidated Schools
Compliance Officer – Title IX Coordinator
Lorena Castro, PreK-12 Programs Director
PO Box 159
Dexter, NM 88230
575-734-5420 ext. 371
Email Lorena Castro

Please see the links below for additional information and grievance/complaint forms.

TITLE IX NOTICE

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

- Title IX of Education Amendments of 1972

WHAT IS TITLE IX?

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 protects students and employees from sex discrimination, gender-based harassment, sexual harassment (which includes sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking), gender-based bullying and retaliation, in educational programs and associated activities at institutions that receive Federal funding.

Dexter Consolidated Schools is committed to providing educational programs, activities and services that are free from unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, based on actual or perceived, legally protected characteristics, or association with a person, or group with one or more of such characteristics, including sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, and gender expression, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Districts receiving federal funding are required to adhere to Title IX Regulations.

Title IX requires schools to take steps to prevent and remedy two forms of sex-based harassment:  sexual harassment (including sexual violence) and gender-based harassment. Sexual harassment is unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature. It includes unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual violence is a form of sexual harassment. Sexual violence, as OCR uses the term, refers to physical sexual acts perpetrated against a person’s will or where a person is incapable of giving consent. A number of different acts fall into the category of sexual violence, including rape, sexual assault, sexual battery, sexual abuse, and sexual coercion. Gender-based harassment, which is unwelcome conduct based on a student’s sex, harassing conduct based on a student’s failure to conform to sex stereotypes.

Sex-based harassment can be carried out by school employees, other students, and third parties. All students can experience sex-based harassment, including male and female students, LGBTQ students, students with disabilities, and students of different races, national origins, and ages. Title IX protects all students from sex-based harassment, regardless of the sex of the parties, including when they are members of the same sex.

Sex-based harassment creates a hostile environment if the conduct is sufficiently serious that it denies or limits a student’s ability to participate in or benefit from the school’s program. When a school knows or reasonably should know of possible sex-based harassment, it must take immediate and appropriate steps to investigate or otherwise determine what occurred. If an investigation reveals that the harassment created a hostile environment, the school must take prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end the harassment, eliminate the hostile environment, prevent its recurrence, and, as appropriate, remedy its effects.

Any person may report sex discrimination, gender-based harassment, sexual harassment, gender-based bullying and/or retaliation in person, or by filling out a complaint form.

You can submit the complaint form directly to Lorena Castro, Title IX Coordinator.

*Puede enviar el formulario de queja, que irá directamente a Lorena Castro, Coordinadora de Title IX.

NONDISCRIMINATION - EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Nondiscrimination - Equal Opportunity Information
Nondiscrimination - Grievance Procedure
Nondiscrimination - Complaint Form

NONDISCRIMINATION - ON THE BASIS OF SEX
Nondiscrimination - on the Basis of Sex Information
Nondiscrimination - on the Basis of Sex Grievance/Complaint Form