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IV.REMEDIES
<br />If the person charged in the complaint is found to have violated this policy, remedies may range from prescribed
<br />educational trainings to various levels of disciplinary action up to and including termination. Sanctions imposed for
<br />violations of this policy shall be:
<br />• Fair and appropriate given the facts of the particular case;
<br />• Consistent with the College's handling of similar cases;
<br />• Adequate to protect the safety of the campus community; and
<br />Reflective of the seriousness of sexual misconduct.
<br />InterCoast may also determine that additional measures are appropriate to respond to the effects of the incident on the
<br />school community.
<br />ANTI -HARASSMENT POLICY
<br />InterCoast Colleges (InterCoast) is committed to providing a workplace free of sexual harassment (including harassment
<br />based on gender, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), as well as harassment based on such factors as
<br />race, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sexual
<br />orientation, family care leave status or veteran status.
<br />Employees, Students, and Non -Employees: InterCoast prohibits harassment of employees and students by supervisors,
<br />co-workers,students, faculty, and staff. Similarly, all employees and students are prohibited from harassing any non -
<br />employees. InterCoast will also attempt to protect employees and students from harassment by non -employees in the
<br />workplace. In a school setting, the role between the school employee or contractor, including faculty, are multifaceted,
<br />including serving as a guide, mentor, and advisor. The influence and authority of many of the school's personnel extend
<br />far beyond the school. Consequently, and as a general proposition, InterCoast believes that a sexual or romantic
<br />relationship between a representative of the school and a student, even where consensual and whether or not the
<br />student would otherwise be subject to supervision or evaluation, is inconsistent with the proper role of the employee,
<br />and must be avoided. InterCoast therefore does not allow such relationships.
<br />Required Training: All Supervisors and Faculty are required to participate in a minimum 2-hour sexual harassment
<br />training at least every two years. All non -supervisory staff and students will be provided Harassment Prevention Training
<br />generally within 60 days of hire or starting school.
<br />Examples of Harassment: Harassment includes verbal, written, physical, or visual conduct that creates an intimidating,
<br />offensive, or hostile working or learning environment or that interferes with work or school performance. Harassing
<br />conduct may take many forms such as slurs, jokes, statements, letters, notes, gestures, pictures, or cartoons regarding
<br />an employee's sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical
<br />condition, marital status, sexual orientation, family care leave status, or veteran status. Sexual harassment includes all
<br />these sorts of conduct and unwanted sexual advances.
<br />Examples of sexual harassment include:
<br />• Requests for sexual favors;
<br />• Conversations containing offensive sexual comments;
<br />• Offering employment benefits (employees) or other benefits (students/employees) in exchange for sexual favors;
<br />• Making or threatening reprisals in response to refusals to give sexual favors;
<br />• Leering, sexual gestures, displaying sexually suggestive objects or pictures;
<br />• Comments, epithets, slurs, and jokes of a sexual nature or about an individual's body; and
<br />• Touching, assaulting, Impeding, or blocking another individual.
<br />Reporting: An Incident of sexual harassment may be reported directly to InterCoast's Title IX Coordinator, If InterCoast's
<br />Title IX Coordinator is the alleged perpetrator of the sexual harassment, the report should be submitted to InterCoast's
<br />Director of StudentAffairs. Reports of sexual harassment will be investigated and adjudicated in accordance with the
<br />InterCoast Sexual Harassment Policies & Grievance Procedures. Whilethere is no time limit for reporting, reports of sexual
<br />harassment should be brought forward as soon as possible. All incidents should be reported even if significant time has
<br />elapsed, but prompt reporting will better enable InterCoast to respond, investigate, provide an appropriate remedy, and
<br />impose discipline if appropriate.
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