Discrimination / Harassment / Hazing

 

Students shall be provided a learning environment free from sexual, racial, ethnic and religious discrimination/harassment and hazing. It shall be a violation of this policy for any employee or any student to discriminate against, harass or haze a student through disparaging conduct or communication that is sexual, racial, ethnic or religious in nature. The following guidelines are set forth to protect students from discrimination/harassment/hazing.

 

Student discrimination/harassment/hazing will not be tolerated. Discrimination/harassment is defined as conduct, advances, gestures or words either written or spoken of a sexual, racial, ethnic or religious nature. Hazing is defined as an intentional or reckless act on or off school property, by one student acting alone or with others, directed against any other student that (1) endangers the mental or physical health or safety of that student or (2) induces or coerces a student to endanger that student's mental or physical health or safety. Hazing does not include physical contact associated with athletic events, athletic training, or with competition conducted under a coach’s or sponsor’s supervision.

 

1. Unreasonable interference with the student's work or educational opportunities; or

2. Creation of an intimidating, hostile or offensive learning environment; or

3. Insinuation that submission to such conduct is made an explicit or implicit term of receiving grades or credit; or

4. Insinuation that submission to or rejection of such conduct will be used as a basis for determining the student's grades and/or participation in student activities.