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Procedure to Outline

  1. DEFINITIONS

    For purposes of these complaint procedures, the following definitions will be used. The Affirmative Action Officer (AAO)/Title IX Coordinator shall assess all reports and complaints to ensure that they are addressed under the appropriate policy and complaint procedure.

    1. Discrimination/Harassment Complaint Procedure Definitions

      1. “Discrimination or harassment”: Discrimination or harassment on the basis of an individual’s membership in a protected category, which, for students, includes race  (including traits associated with race involving hair texture, Afro hairstyles and protective hairstyles such as braids, twists and locks), color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, ancestry, national origin, or disability.

      2. “Discrimination”: Treating individuals differently, or interfering with or preventing them from enjoying the advantages or privileges afforded to others because of their membership in a protected category. 

      3. “Harassment”:  Oral, written, graphic, electronic, or physical conduct relating to an individual’s actual or perceived membership in a protected category that is sufficiently severe, pervasive, or persistent so as to interfere with or limit that individual’s ability to participate in the Cape Elizabeth School Department’s programs or activities by creating a hostile, intimidating, or offensive environment.

      4. “Sexual harassment”: Under Maine law, this means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature in the following situations:

        1. Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of a student’s educational benefits;
        2. Submission to or rejection of such conduct by a student is used as the basis for decisions on educational benefits; or
        3. Such conduct has the purpose and effect of substantially interfering with a student’s academic performance or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment.
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