The Eau Claire Area School District offers many services to assist and enrich the lives of our students and families. The Student Services Department includes Counselors, Nurses, School Social Workers, PBIS Coordinators, Gifted and Talented Education, and Family Services (Homeless, American Indian Coordinator, and Hmong Family Liaison). We look forward to working with you to support all of our students.
Board Policy 411: Equal Educational Opportunities
Board Policy 411 Rule: Student Discrimination Complaint Procedures
Board Policy 411.1: Student Sexual Harassment
Board Policy 411.1 Rule: Guidelines for Reporting Student Sexual Harassment
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:
1) In person, by mail, by telephone, by electronic mail, or through an online portal or webpage provided for this purpose (where available).
2) By reporting the alleged sexual harassment to any District employee who shall be responsible for forwarding the complaint to the appropriate Administrator in the District.
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 (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.
Additional requirements for formal complaints of Title IX sexual harassment, including a description of the required content for a formal complaint are sent form in Board of Education Policy 411.1 Exhibit.
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 Rule 411 – Rule and Rule 511, as published on the District’s website. The purpose of such procedures is toe provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of any report or comp0lant 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 equally. 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 Rule 411.2 Rule (2).
Training for the District's Title IX team is an ongoing effort. Training includes in-house training with Title IX experts. Please see below for the training our Title IX Coordinators and team members have received.
TITLE IX INVESTIGATOR
*Wisconsin Association of School Boards and Boardman & Clark, LLP Title IX Training
TITLE IX DECISION-MAKERS
TITLE IX APPEAL DECISION MAKERS
DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS
-2020 Title IX New Regulations Overview for Administrators
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Pupil Nondiscrimination Program
United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights