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Title IX

Skokie Mortain District 69 logo on the wall of the District Office building

Non-discrimination Commitment

The District is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity in its education programs and activities and employment. The District complies with all laws and applicable regulations that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and retaliation by and in the District, including the following:

  1. Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act
  2. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 
  3. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d et seq. 
  4. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. 
  5. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967  
  6. The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act 
  7. Sections 10-22.5, 27-1, and 20.60 of the School Code and 23 Illinois Administrative Code Part 200 
  8. Victims’ Economic Security and Safety Act, 820 ILCS 108/ 
  9. Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003, 820 ILCS 112/
  10. Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act (GINA), 410 ILCS 513/ and Title II of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000ff et seq. 
  11. Employee Credit Privacy Act, 820 ILCS 70/ 

For students, this includes the requirement that no person, including a School District employee or agent, student, or other community member, shall discriminate against, harass, intimidate, or bully a student on the basis of actual or perceived race; color; national origin; military status; unfavorable discharge status from military service; sex; sexual orientation; gender identity; gender-related identity or expression; ancestry; age; religion; physical or mental disability; order of protection status; status of being homeless; actual or potential marital or parental status, including pregnancy; association with a person or group with one or more of the aforementioned actual or perceived characteristics; or any other distinguishing characteristic identified in Board policy 7:10, Equal Educational Opportunities.

For employees, this includes the requirement that no person, including another School District employee or agent, a student, or another community member, shall discriminate against or engage in harassment or abusive conduct on the basis of an employee’s actual or perceived race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, disability, pregnancy, marital status, order of protection status, military status, or unfavorable discharge from military service, nor shall they engage in harassment or abusive conduct on the basis of an individual’s other protected status identified in Board policy 5:10, Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment.

No student, parent/guardian, employee, or other member of the District community will be subjected to retaliation as prohibited under any law or Board policy, including those laws identified above. Retaliation is an adverse act imposed because a person has asserted a right or participated in a process involving the assertion of a right, including reporting a violation of law or Board policy or participating in the grievance processes used to process complaints based on alleged violations of law or Board policy.

Any person who believes any student, employee, or third party or the District generally has engaged in conduct prohibited by the laws cited above or Board policy, including discrimination, harassment, or retaliation, or who has inquiries about the application of the laws cited above or Board policy should contact a District Nondiscrimination/Title IX Coordinator, Nondiscrimination Coordinator, or Complaint Manager using the contact information below:

Megan Aseltine, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent of Academics
847-675-7666 x1074
AseltineM@Skokie69.net

The following agencies may also be able to answer inquiries about some of the laws cited above:

U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Chicago Office
JCK Federal Building
230 S. Dearborn Street, 37th Floor
Chicago, IL 60604
Telephone: (312) 730-1560
Facsimile: (312) 730-1576
Email: OCR.Chicago@ed.gov    www.ed.gov/ocr 
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chicago District Office JCK Federal Building
Chicago, IL 60604
Telephone: (312) 872-9744
Facsimile: 312-588-1260
Info@EEOC.org
www.eeoc.gov  ¨

Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR)
Springfield Office
35 West Jefferson
1st Floor Intake Unit
Springfield, IL
62702 Telephone: (217) 785-5100 Facsimile: (217) 785-5106
Email: IDHR.webmail@Illinois.gov 
www2.illinois.gov/DHR   

The District will use the grievance procedures in Board of Education Policies 2:260 (Uniform Grievance Procedure) and 2:265 (Title IX Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedure) to process complaints based on alleged violations of law or Board policy. District administration also uses the following administrative procedures to process complaints of Title IX Sexual Harassment: 

More information on the Board policies prohibiting discrimination, harassment, and retaliation can be found in Board policy, including, for example, Board policies 5:10 (Equal Employment Opportunity and Minority Recruitment), 5:20 (Workplace Harassment Prohibited), 7:10 (Equal Educational Opportunities), 7:20 (Harassment of Students Prohibited); 7:180 (Prevention of and Response to Bullying, Intimidation, and Harassment) More information about how to report discrimination, harassment, or retaliation can be found in Board policies  2:260 (Uniform Grievance Procedure) and 2:265 (Title IX Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedure). 

The following administrative procedure, Provisional Title IX Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedure, will be used for all reports or complaints of “Title IX Sexual Harassment,” as that term is defined in the Provisional Procedure, until the Board’s adoption of Policy 2:265:

Title IX Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedure

All other reports and complaints of discrimination, harassment, retaliation or other violations of law or Board policy will be processed using Board policy 2:260 (Uniform Grievance Procedure). 

Training Materials to Train Title IX Team Members

The following materials have been used to train Title IX Coordinators, investigators, decision-makers, and any person who facilitates an informal resolution process (the District’s Title IX Team members):