Persons found to knowingly report or corroborate false allegations will be subject to appropriate discipline. The Superintendent shall develop policy dissemination and implementation procedures. The Superintendent shall develop and implement formal and informal procedures for receiving, investigating, and resolving complaints or reports of sexual harassment. The procedures will include reasonable and prompt time lines and delineate staff responsibilities under this policy. All staff are responsible for receiving informal complaints and reports of sexual harassment and informing appropriate district personnel of the complaint or report for investigation and resolution.
All staff are also responsible for directing complainants to the formal complaint process.
The district will protect the rights of all persons involved in the grievance process, including persons against whom the grievance has been filed, witnesses, and individuals who register sexual harassment complaints. Personnel involved in the resolution process shall not suffer restraint, interference, discrimination, coercion, or reprisal on account of participation in the complaint procedure. This policy is intended to provide notice to employees, volunteers, and others of the district's expectations for their behavior or conduct, to warn them that disciplinary sanctions may be imposed, to provide a prompt and effective means for persons to report behavior or conduct in violation of this policy, and to insure that such reports are handled in a manner that furthers an educational and work environment free from sexual harassment as required by state and federal law. This policy and procedure does not and is not intended to confer any rights upon alleged violators of the standard of conduct or behavior described herein or to create any expectations for alleged violators on how complaints concerning their conduct will be investigated or processed. The rights of alleged violators concerning the district's investigation and any disciplinary actions stemming from any complaints of sexual harassment shall be governed solely by any applicable collective bargaining agreement or contracts and applicable statutory or constitutional due process obligations.