Title IX & Bullying Information on Websites
I am coming across numerous situations in which people cannot find critical documents on school websites. The following should be easily found in a school website by typing the words in a “search box” on your site. Test your own site to see if you can find:
· “Title IX”
· “sexual harassment”
· “nondiscrimination statement”
· “Title IX Coordinator”
· “Bullying”
· “Bullying Policy”
· “Safe school climate plans” [Note that Public Act 11- 232, AN ACT CONCERNING THE STRENGTHENING OF SCHOOL BULLYING LAWS requires explicitly that this be posted on your website.]
· “Safe School Climate Coordinator”
· “Safe school climate specialist”
· “Safe School Climate Committee”
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· “504 Coordinator”
· “504/ADA”
· “grievance procedure”
· “complaint process”
· “policies”
· “student handbook”
· “employee handbook”
· “board policies”
I am sure I might be missing some other words. By adding these words to your web, people will be able to find information faster. Speak to whoever does your website about this. Your web/IT person should understand this as adding “keywords” or “meta-tags” into the website. I am asking our own SDE web person to consider this also. Please think about doing this. It will make life easier.
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Other Title IX Sites
- ATIXA
- Know Your IX
- Title IX Blog by Erin Buzuvis, Associate Professor of Law, Western New England College
State of Connecticut Sites
- Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO)
- Connecticut State Department of Education – Bullying & Harassment
- Connecticut’s Legal Aid Network
Supreme Court Decisions
- CANNON v. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
- DAVIS V. MONROE COUNTY BD. OF ED. (97-843) 526 U.S. 629 (1999)
- FITZGERALD v. BARNSTABLE SCHOOL COMM. (No. 07-1125)
- Franklin v. Gwinnett County Public Schools
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- GROVE CITY COLLEGE v. BELL, 465 U.S. 555 (1984)
- JACKSON V. BIRMINGHAM BD. OF ED. (02-1672) 544 U.S. 167 (2005)
- NORTH HAVEN BOARD OF EDUCATION v. BELL, 456 U.S. 512 (1982)
Title IX Resources
- Dear Colleague Letters (OCR)
- OCR TITLE IX RESOURCE GUIDE
- OCR's Title IX Reading Room
- Title IX – in Connecticut
- Title IX – Revised Sexual Harassment Guidance
- Title IX Coordinators – U.S.
- Title IX Regulations
US Government Sites
- Equity Assistance Centers
- Methods of Administration
- StopBullying.gov
- United States Department of Education
- USDOE – Office for Civil Rights