Clean Version GAEB Sexual Harassment of Employees

 Board Policy GAEB: Sexual Harassment of Employees                                                    Status: DRAFT - 2nd
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 Original Adopted Date: 01/01/1900 | Last Revised Date: 12/07/2020 | Last Reviewed Date:
 07/17/2024

Clean Version
Sexual Harassment of Employees

All employees of the DeKalb County School District are en tled to work in an environment free from
harassment, including sexual harassment and all other forms of discrimina on.
The District does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimina on in any educa on program or
ac vity that it operates, including in employment, as required by Title IX of the Educa onal Amendments of 1972
and its implemen ng regula ons. This policy also prohibits sexual harassment under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act,
42 U.S.C. § 2000e,et seq.

The District’s nondiscrimina on policy and grievance procedures can be located at Board Policy GAAA.
Sexual harassment and discrimina on are forms of misconduct that undermine the integrity of an employment
rela onship and are prohibited by this policy. This prohibi on includes, but is not limited to, offensive verbal or
physical conduct by supervisory or non-supervisory staff.

Reports, complaints or inquiries about conduct that may cons tute sex discrimina on under Title IX, may be
referred to the District's Title IX Coordinator, The U.S. Department of Educa on's Office for Civil Rights, or both.
The District's Title IX Coordinator can be reached at :

DeKalb County School District
Title IX Coordinator
1701 Mountain Industrial Blvd.
Stone Mountain, GA 30083
678 676-1200
 tleixcoordinator@dekalbschoolsga.org
h ps://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/hr/employee-rela ons/.

The grievance procedure is outlined in regula on GAEB and h ps://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/hr/employee-
rela ons/.

To report informa on about conduct that may cons tute sex discrimina on or make a complaint of sex
discrimina on under Title IX, please refer to h ps://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/hr/employee-rela ons/ .

If employees believe they have witnessed or have been subjected to any act of sexual harassment or sex
discrimina on, they should immediately report the behavior in accordance with the list below:

EMPLOYEE MANDATORY REPORTING
All administra ve personnel must
       No fy the Title IX Coordinator when the employee has informa on about conduct that reasonably may
       cons tute sex discrimina on under Title IX
All other employees must
      No fy the Title IX Coordinator when the employee has informa on about conduct that reasonably may
      cons tute sex discrimina on under Title IX or this part; or
      Provide the contact informa on of the Title IX Coordinator and informa on about how to make a
      complaint of sex discrimina on to any person who provides the employee with informa on about
      conduct that reasonably may cons tute sex discrimina on under Title IX


The Superintendent, or designated staff are authorized to develop the regula ons necessary to implement this
policy.
Nothing in this policy is intended to create rights beyond those already created by federal and/or state law.