The Governing Board is committed to maintaining a safe school environment that is free from harassment and discrimination. The Board prohibits, at school or at school-sponsored or school-related activities, sexual harassment targeted at any student by anyone. The Board also prohibits retaliatory behavior or action against any person who reports, files a complaint or testifies about, or otherwise supports a complainant in alleging sexual harassment.

The District strongly encourages any student who feels that he/she is being or has been sexually harassed on school grounds or at a school-sponsored or school-related activity by another student or an adult, or who has experienced off-campus sexual harassment that has a continuing effect on campus, to immediately contact his/her teacher, the principal, or any other available school employee. Any employee who receives a report or observes an incident of sexual harassment shall notify the principal, District compliance officer, or designee. Once notified, the principal, compliance officer, or designee, shall take the steps to investigate and address the allegation, as specified in the accompanying administrative regulation.

Reporting and Filing of Complaints

Any student who believes that he/she has been subjected to sexual harassment by another student, an employee, or a third party or who has witnessed sexual harassment is strongly encouraged to report the incident to his/her teacher, the principal, or any other available school employee. Within one school day of receiving such a report, the school employee shall forward the report to the principal or the district's compliance officer identified in AR 1312.3. In addition, any school employee who observes an incident of sexual harassment involving a student shall, within one school day, report his/her observation to the principal, district compliance officer, or designee. The employee shall take these actions, whether or not the alleged victim files a complaint.

When a report or complaint of sexual harassment involves off-campus conduct, the principal shall assess whether the conduct may create or contribute to the creation of a hostile school environment. If he/she determines that a hostile environment may be created, the complaint shall be investigated and resolved in the same manner as if the prohibited conduct occurred at school.

HUSD Complaint Form 1312.3

HUSD Resources

Board Policy and Administrative Regulation – 5145.7
Board Policy, Administrative Regulation, and Exhibit – 1312.3
Community Resources
District Parent and Student Handbook
District Poster
HUSD Anonymous Reporting Link

Personnel

BP 4119.11 Sex Discrimination and Sex-Based Harassment
AR 4119.11 Sex Discrimination and Sex-Based Harassment

Other Resources

CDE Websites:

Gender Equity/Title IX https://www.cde.ca.gov/re/di/eo/genequitytitleix.asp