III. PROCEDURES PROHIBITING SEXUAL, RACIAL, AND DISABILITY HARASSMENT AND
DISCRIMINATION TOWARD STUDENTS
A.
Dissemination
1.
The procedures shall be published in all student, faculty and staff handbooks, each college’s
catalog and schedule of classes, and other printed material deemed appropriate by each
college’s Vice President of Student Services.
2.
The procedures will also be disseminated to students at each college’s new student
orientation and at periodic workshops to be scheduled by each college’s Vice President of
Student Services.
3.
The procedures will also be disseminated to each faculty member, all members of the
administrative staff, and all members of the support staff both at time of hire and at the
beginning of each school year.
4.
The procedures shall also be displayed in a prominent location at each college along with
the other notices regarding the college’s procedures and standards of conduct. A copy of the
Policy and Procedures shall be made available to any person expressing a verbal complaint
about such matters.
B.
Sexual, Racial, and Disability Harassment and Discrimination Defined
1.
The Peralta Community College District expressly forbids sexual, racial, and disability
harassment of its students by faculty, ad-ministrators, supervisors, District employees, other
students, vendors or members of the general public. The District also prohibits
discrimination of its students by subjecting any student to adverse or differential treatment,
or depriving that student of any benefits of the District because of that student’s sex, race, or
disability. Furthermore, the District prohibits retaliation against any individual who files a
complaint or participates in a discrimination inquiry.
2.
Sexual harassment includes, but is not limited to, unwelcome sexual advances, requests for
sexual favors, and other verbal, visual, or physical conduct of a sexual nature, made by
someone from or in the educational setting, under any of the following conditions:
a.
Submission to the conduct is explicitly or implicitly made a term or a condition of a
student’s academic status, or progress.
b.
Submission to, or rejection of, the conduct by a student is used as the basis of
academic decisions affecting the student.
c.
The conduct has the purpose or effect of having a negative impact upon a student’s
academic performance, or of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational
environment.
d.
Submission to, or rejection of, the conduct by a student is used as the basis for any de-
cision affecting the individual regarding benefits and services, honors, programs, or
activities available at or through the educational institution.
e.
Any other such conduct that may have an effect on a student's learning environment or
his or her ability to enjoy any privileges or benefits provided by the District.
3.
The prohibition of racial harassment similarly enjoins conduct or incidents based on race
that may interfere with or limit the ability of an individual to participate in or benefit from the
services, activities, or privileges provided by the District.
4.
The prohibition of disability harassment similarly enjoins conduct or incidents based on
disability that may exclude an individual from participation in or be denied the benefit of the
services, programs, or activities provided by the District to other non-disabled students.
5.
A harassing environment is created if conduct of a sexual or racial nature or conduct based
on student's disability is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive to limit a student’s ability
to participate in or benefit from the education program by the District or to create a hostile or
abusive educational environment.
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