Sex-Based Discrimination and Harassment (Title IX)
NOTICE: The 2024 version of District Policy 8410 Sex-Based Discrimination and Harassment (Title IX) adopted August 1, 2024 is applicable in all district schools except Horizon High School, Northglenn High School, Rocky Mountain Elementary, Stellar Elementary, STEM Lab and Westlake Middle School. These six schools are not subject to the 2024 District Policy 8410 because of a Court Order issued by a federal District Court in Kansas.
A July 2, 2024 Order issued by the Honorable John W. Broomes in case number 24-4041-JWB in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas prohibits the U.S. Department of Education from implementing or enforcing the 2024 Title IX regulations in Kansas, Utah, Wyoming, Alaska and in any schools attended by the members of three organizations who are parties to the lawsuit. Those organizations are Young America’s Foundation, Female Athletes United, and Moms for Liberty. According to documents filed in the lawsuit, members of those organizations, or their children, attend Horizon High School, Northglenn High School, Rocky Mountain Elementary, Stellar Elementary, STEM Lab and Westlake Middle School. Due to the federal Court Order from Kansas, the 2020 version of Title IX regulations will remain in effect in these six schools as reflected in the 2020 version of District Policy 8410 (last revised on February 13, 2023), listed as Exhibit A to the 2024 District Policy 8410 (adopted August 1, 2024).
All students and staff in the Five Star District will remain protected from harassment and discrimination by Colorado law and by District Policy 8400 (Nondiscrimination), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), age, religion, creed, national origin (including ethnicity), ancestry, genetic information (including family medical history), marital status, family composition, sexual orientation, transgender identity, gender identity, gender expression, or disability.
What is Title IX?
“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 educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.”
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972: 20 U.SC § 1681 & 34.C.F.R. Part 106
Title IX is a federal civil rights law signed in 1972 that sought to protect individuals from discrimination on the basis of sex in federally-funded educational programs. Although it has a wide application in educational programs, the text of the law is very brief. For many years, it was primarily referenced in the context of women’s athletics at educational institution, but in recent years, it has also been used to address sexual harassment, sexual violence, and sex-based discrimination and harassment. It protects all individuals, regardless of their sex, from discrimination and harassment based on sex. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) enforces Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 as well as other federal statutes.
The individual who oversees compliance with the district’s sex-based discrimination and harassment policy is the Title IX/Non-Discrimination Coordinator.
The district’s Title IX/Non-Discrimination Coordinator is:
Megan Brooks
Educational Support Center (ESC)
1500 E. 128th Avenue
Thornton, CO 80241
720-972-4179
Megan.R.Brooks@adams12.org
Anyone can report allegations of sex-based discrimination and harassment 24 hours a day, seven (7) days a week to the district's Title IX/Non-Discrimination Coordinator. To report allegations of sex-based discrimination and harassment, please contact the district's Title IX/Non-Discrimination Coordinator via voicemail, email, or completing the Sex-Based Discrimination and Harassment Incident Report.
For more information regarding the district’s policies and procedures related to sex-based discrimination and harassment, please visit District Policy 8410-Sex-Based Discrimination and Harassment (Title IX).