Title IX
Title IX Report Form
The following Title IX Reporting Form can be used by students and employees:
What is Title IX?
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination based on sex (including sexual harassment, sexual violence, and gender-based harassment) in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. Some key issue areas in which recipients have Title IX obligations are recruitment, admissions, and counseling; financial assistance; athletics; sex-based harassment; treatment of pregnant and parenting students; discipline; single-sex education; and employment.
"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal Financial Assistance."
Title IX, Education Amendments June 23, 1972
Lancaster County School District abides by Title IX of the EduÂcation Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Age Discrimination Act and Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
What is Sexual Harassment?
Sexual harassment for the purposes of Title IX is defined as:
Unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the school’s education programs or activities.
Sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking as those terms are defined under federal laws called the Clery Act Summary and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
Quid Pro Quo Harassment*
*Quid pro quo literally translates as "something for something." This type of harassment occurs when a person in authority, usually a supervisor or instructor, demands sexual favors in exchange for a job, promotion, grade, or other favorable treatment. In quid pro quo cases, the offense is directly linked to the individual's terms of employment or academic success or forms the basis for employment or academic decisions affecting the individual.
Title IX Coordinator
Angela Vaughan
Phone: 803-286-6972
Fax: 803-416-8866
300 S. Catawba Street
Lancaster, SC 29720
Role of an Advisor
An Advisor may:
Assist a complainant or respondent in understanding and navigating the investigation process
Accompany a complainant or respondent to any administrative meeting or conversation related to an investigation including interviews and seek clarification regarding the investigation process
Ask procedural or process questions
Provide support to the complainant or respondent throughout the process
Alert the Title IX Investigator or Coordinator to acts of retaliation
Attend the decision meeting
Confer privately with the complainant or respondent upon request
An Advisor May not:
Speak or act on behalf of a complainant or respondent, including answering questions for or on behalf of a complainant or respondent
Stand in for, or represent a complainant or respondent
Distribute information shared or learned throughout the investigation process with anyone other than the complainant or respondent for whom they serve as an advisor, the Title IX Investigator or Coordinator
Act as or represent themselves or another as an investigator for the Title IX process during the investigation
Contact a witness or other party participating in the investigation process,
Impede the investigation process or act in a manner that obstructs the investigator or disrupts the investigation process