Non-Discrimination and Civil Rights

Clatskanie School District is committed to providing an educational and work environment free from discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

The district does not discriminate on any basis listed below and prohibits discrimination and harassment on any basis protected by law, including but not limited to, an individual’s perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status, or veterans’ status, or because of the perceived or actual race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, marital status, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, familial status, economic status, or veterans’ status of any other persons with whom the individual associates.

The district prohibits discrimination and harassment in, but not limited to, employment, assignment and promotion of personnel; educational opportunities and services offered students; student assignment to schools and classes; student discipline; location and use of facilities; educational offerings and materials; and accommodating the public at public meetings.

The district prohibits retaliation and discrimination against an individual who has opposed any discrimination act or practice; because that person has filed a charge, testified, assisted or participated in an investigation, proceeding or hearing; and further prohibits anyone from coercing, intimidating, threatening or interfering with an individual for exercising any rights guaranteed under state and federal law. Any complaint alleging discrimination may be made to any civil rights coordinator and will be processed in accordance with administrative regulation AC-AR - Discrimination or Civil Rights Complaint Procedure. Depending on the nature of the complaint, additional requirements may apply.

See Policy Policy AC-AR Complaints, Procedure and Complaint Form. Complaints and/or inquiries regarding discrimination based on any protected class listed here may be directed to the appropriate Coordinator specified below. Unresolved complaints may be appealed to the Oregon Department of Education. Complaints and/or inquiries regarding discrimination based on age, color, disability, national origin, race, and/or sex may be referred to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Questions, Concerns or Complaints

Policy AC-AR Complaints, Procedure and Complaint Form. Complaints and/or inquiries regarding discrimination based on any protected class listed here may be directed to the appropriate Coordinator specified below. Unresolved complaints may be appealed to the Oregon Department of Education. Complaints and/or inquiries regarding discrimination based on age, color, disability, national origin, race, and/or sex may be referred to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

Students, parents/guardians, employees, and members of the public may report concerns about discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or other civil rights matters to a school administrator, District staff member, or one of the coordinators listed below.

Title IX- Sex Discrimination and Harassment
Amanda Bennett, HR Coordinator
503-855-7695
abennett@csd.k121.or.us

Section 504 and Student Services disability discrimination Coordinator- Student Disability Access and Accommodations
Danielle Hudson, Superintendent
503-728-0587
dhudson@csd.k12.or.us

Title II / ADA Coordinator- Disability Access and Accommodations
[Name and Title]
[Phone]
[Email]

Civil Rights Coordinator- Any Discrimination
Amanda Bennett, HR Coordinator
503-855-7695
abennett@csd.k121.or.us

You do not need to determine which law or coordinator applies before reporting a concern. Questions or complaints may be directed to any of the contacts above, and the District will ensure the matter is directed appropriately.

The District prohibits retaliation against anyone who reports discrimination or harassment, participates in an investigation, or exercises rights protected by state or federal civil rights laws.

Complaints are addressed in accordance with Board Policy AC – Nondiscrimination and Civil Rights and Administrative Regulation AC-AR – Discrimination or Civil Rights Complaint Procedure.

Sexual Harassment & Title IX

Clatskanie School District is committed to providing an educational and work environment free from sexual harassment. Sexual harassment is prohibited, and any person may report sexual harassment.

The district is committed to eliminating sexual harassment. Sexual harassment will not be tolerated in the district. All students, staff members and other persons are entitled to learn and work in an environment that is free of harassment. All staff members, students and third parties are subject to this policy. Any person may report sexual harassment.

The district processes complaints or reports of sexual harassment under Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) 342.700 et. al. and federal Title IX laws found in Title 34 C.F.R. Part 106. Individual complaints may require both of these procedures and may involve additional complaint procedures.

General Procedures

When information, a report or complaint regarding sexual harassment is received by the district, the district will review such information, report or complaint to determine which law applies and will follow the appropriate procedures. When the alleged conduct could meet both of the definitions in ORS Chapter 342 and Title IX, both complaint procedures should be processed simultaneously (see GBN/JBA-AR - Sexual Harassment Complaint Procedure and GBN/JBA-AR Federal Law (Title IX) Sexual Harassment Complaint Procedure). The district may also need to use other complaint procedures when the alleged conduct could meet the definitions for other complaint procedures.

Sexual harassment does not include conduct that is necessary because of a job duty of a school or district staff member or because of a service required to be provided by a contractor, agent, or volunteer, if the conduct is not the product of sexual intent or a person finding another person, or another person’s actions, offensive because of that other person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

Examples of sexual harassment may include, but not be limited to, physical touching or graffiti of a sexual nature; displaying or distributing of sexually explicit drawings; pictures and written materials; sexual gestures or obscene jokes; touching oneself sexually or talking about one’s sexual behaviors in front of others; or spreading rumors about or rating other students or others as to appearance, sexual activity or performance.

How to Report a Concern

Any person may report sexual harassment. A report may be made in person, by mail, telephone, email, or by another method that results in the Title IX Coordinator receiving the report. These individuals are responsible for accepting and managing complaints of sexual harassment. Persons wishing to make a report should use the below contact information.

Title IX- Sex Discrimination and Harassment
Amanda Bennett, HR Coordinator
503-855-7695
abennett@csd.k121.or.us

Additional District Contacts for Sexual Harassment Reports

Matt Doyle
CES Principal
503-728-2191
mdoyle@csd.k12.or.us

Laurie Maughan
CMHS Principal
503-728-2146
lmaughan@csd.k12.or.us

Yvonne Krause
Transportation Supervisor
503-728-2422
ykrause@csd.k12.or.us

Will Seals
Maintenance Supervisor
503-734-7010
wseals@csd.k12.or.us

Response

Any staff member who becomes aware of behavior that may violate this policy shall promptly, and in all cases within 24 hours report to a district official. The district official (with coordination involving the reporting staff member when appropriate) will take any action necessary to ensure the:

1. Student is protected and to promote a nonhostile learning environment;

2. Staff member is protected and to promote a nonhostile work environment; or

3. Third party who is subjected to the behavior is protected and to promote a nonhostile environment.

This includes providing resources for support measures to the student, staff member or third party who was subjected to the behavior and taking any actions necessary to remove potential future impact on the student, staff member or third party, but are not retaliatory against the student, staff member or third party being harassed or the person who reported to the district official.

Investigation

All reports and complaints about behavior that may violate this policy shall be investigated. The district may use, but is not limited to, the following means for investigating incidents of possible harassment:

1. Interviews with those involved;

2. Interviews with witnesses;

3. Review of video surveillance;

4. Review of written communications, including electronic communications;

5. Review of any physical evidence; and

6. Use of third-party investigator.

The district will use a reasonable person standard when determining whether a hostile environment exists. A hostile environment exists if a reasonable person with similar characteristics and under similar circumstances would consider the conduct to be so severe as to create a hostile environment. The district may take, but is not limited to, the following procedures and remedial action to address and stop sexual harassment and prevent reoccurrence:

1. Discipline of staff and students engaging in sexual harassment;

2. Removal of third parties engaged in sexual harassment;

3. Additional supervision in activities;

4. Additional controls for district electronic systems;

5. Trainings and education for staff and students; and

6. Increased notifications regarding district procedures and resources.

When a student or staff member is harassed by a third party, the district will consider the following:

1. Removing that third party’s ability to contract or volunteer with the district, or be present on district property;

2. If the third party works for an entity that contracts with the district, communicating with the third party’s employer;

3. If the third party is a student of another district or school, communicate information related to the incident to the other district or school;

4. Limiting attendance at district events; and 5. Providing for additional supervision, including law enforcement if necessary, at district events.

No Retaliation

Retaliation against persons who initiate complaint or otherwise report sexual harassment or who participate in an investigation or other related activities is prohibited. The initiation of a complaint, reporting of behavior, or participation in an investigation, in good faith about behavior that may violate this policy may not adversely affect the:

1. Educational assignments or educational environment of a student or other person initiating the complaint, reporting the behavior, or participating in the investigation; or

2. Any terms or conditions of employment or of work or educational environment of a school or district staff member or other person initiating the complaint, reporting the behavior, or participating in the investigation.

Students who initiate a complaint or otherwise report harassment covered by the policy or who participate in an investigation may not be disciplined for violations of the district’s drug and alcohol policies that occurred in connection with the reported prohibited conduct and that were discovered because of the report or investigation, unless the student gave another person alcohol or drugs without the person’s knowledge and with the intent of causing the person to become incapacitated and vulnerable to the prohibited conduct.

Notice

When a person who may have been affected by this policy files a complaint or otherwise reports behavior that may violate the policy, the district shall provide written notification to the following:

1. Each reporting person;

2. If appropriate, any impacted person who is not a reporting person;

3. Each reported person; and

4. Where applicable, a parent or legal guardian of a reporting person, impacted person, or reported person.

The written notification must include :

1. Name and contact information for all person designated by the district to receive complaints;

2. The rights of the person that the notification is going to;

3. Information about the internal complaint processes available through the school or district that the person who filed the complaint may pursue, including the person designated for the school or district for receiving complaints and any timelines;

4. Notice that civil and criminal remedies that are not provided by the school or district may be available to the person through the legal system and that those remedies may be subject to statutes of limitation;

5. Information about services available to the student or staff member through the school or district, including any counseling services, nursing services or peer advising;

6. Information about the privacy rights of the person and legally recognized exceptions to those rights for internal complaint processes and services available through the school or district;

7. Information about, and contact information for, services and resources that are available to the person, including but not limited to:

a. For the reporting person, state and community-based resources for persons who have experienced sexual harassment; or

b. For the reported persons, information about and contact information for state and communitybased mental health services.

8. Notice that students who report about possible prohibited conduct and students who participate in an investigation under this policy may not be disciplined for violations of the district’s drug and alcohol policies that occurred in connection with the reported prohibited conduct and that were discovered as a result of a prohibited conduct report or investigation unless the student gave another person alcohol or drugs without the person’s knowledge and with the intent of causing the person to become incapacitated and vulnerable to the prohibited conduct; and

9. Prohibition of retaliation.

Notification, to the extent allowable under state and federal student confidentiality laws, must be provided when the investigation is initiated and concluded. The notification at the conclusion must include whether a violation of the policy was found to have occurred. The notice must:

1. Be written in plain language that is easy to understand;

2. Use print that is of a color, size and font that allows the notification to be easily read; and

3. Be made available to students, students’ parents, staff members and member of the public at each office, at the district office and on the website of the school or district.