Non Discrimination Policy
Mt. San Antonio College is committed to equal opportunity in educational programs, employment, and all access to
institutional programs and activities. The College provides an educational and employment environment in which no person
shall be unlawfully denied full and equal access to, the benefits of, or be unlawfully subjected to discrimination on the
basis of ethnic group identification, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, disability, ancestry, sexual orientation,
language, accent, citizenship status, transgender, parental status, marital status, economic status, military and veteran
status, medical condition, or on the basis of these perceived characteristics or based on association with a person or group
with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, in any program or activity that is administered by the College.
The lack of English language skills will not be a barrier to admission.
The Director of Equal Employment Opportunity Programs is the designated employee responsible for receiving all complaints
of discrimination, harassment and retaliation. Students who believe they have been the target of unlawful discrimination,
harassment or retaliation may initiate their complaint with the contact person listed below.
Sokha Khan
Director, Equal Employment Opportunity Programs
Human Resources Office
Building 4, Room 1460
909-274-5870
SEXUAL ASSAULT, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, AND STALKING
(Board Policies 3430, 3540, 5500, California Penal Code, sections 240, 242, 243.4, 261-266)
Sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking are crimes that are not tolerated on this campus. Mt. San
Antonio College has adopted Board Policies and procedures designed to prevent sexual crimes, stating sanctions for
offenders, and supporting access to treatment and information for victims. All applicable punishment, including criminal
charges, and/or employee or student disciplinary action, shall be applied whether the violator is an employee, student or
member of the general public.
Sexual assault,
domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking are difficult topics to discuss, but it is important that you
have information to help reduce the risk of an assault and obtain immediate help should an assault occur. The following
pages delineate on what to do if an assault occurs, where to get help, and to whom to report the incident.
Sexual violence
is any act or attempt to obtain a sexual act by violence or coercion, unwanted sexual comments or
advances, acts of trafficking a person or acts directed against a person’s sexuality, regardless of the relationship to the
victim.
Sexual Assault
includes rape, fondling, and incest. Rape is defined by any sexual penetration, intercourse or intrusion,
no matter how slight, without consent. Both are forms of sexual violence. Lack of consent can result from forced physical
participation or intimidation, or the inability to consent due to intoxication, mental incapacitation, or unconsciousness.
Consent
requires that you must be willing. The decision to have any type of sexual behavior or activity must be free from
force, threats, coercion, or intimidation. Both partners must be free to make their own decisions and have the option of
whether or not to be intimate. Consent cannot be given when a person is incapacitated. The safest way to get consent is to
ask and receive a positive response. Consent may be withdrawn at any time during a sexual interaction.
Domestic violence
includes felony or misdemeanor crimes of violence committed by a current or former spouse of the
victim, by a person with whom the victim shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has cohabited
with the victim as a spouse, by a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim or by any other person against an adult
or youth victim who is protected from that person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of the jurisdiction.
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