Illinois Administrative Code › Title 23 - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 200 - SEX EQUITY › Section 200.10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Comparable" means similar in quality and quantity, taking into
				consideration all relevant facts and circumstances.
"Contact Sports" means those sports whose purpose or major
				activity involves bodily contact: e.g., basketball, boxing, football, ice
				hockey, rugby, and wrestling.
"Counseling" means all guidance activities, personal
				counseling, guidance-related evaluation and testing, provision of vocational
				and career information and advice, scheduling assistance, and any other
				guidance services provided to students by any person acting under the
				authorization of an educational system.
"Course" means any district-sponsored class regardless of the
				location of class meetings, nature of instruction, or type or age of
				student.
"Discrimination" means the violation of individuals' state or
				federal equal rights guarantees (U.S. Constitution, Amendment 14;
				20 U.S.C.
				1681 et seq.; Illinois Constitution, Article
				I, Sections 2, 18; Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 122, pars. 10-22.5, 27-1 and
				34-18(l)), whether intended or unintended.
"Disparate Interest Levels" means that, according to the
				results of a school's written student athletics interest survey (conducted
				pursuant to the requirements set forth in Section
				200.80(b)(1)(B)
				 ), the total number of students of one sex
				who wish to participate in all athletics exceeds by more than 50% the total
				number of students of the other sex who wish to participate in all athletics.
				Disparate interest levels do not in and of themselves evidence
				discrimination.
"Disproportionate Enrollment" means that students of one sex
				constitute at least 75% of a school's participants in a given program, course,
				or activity. Disproportionate enrollment does not in and of itself evidence
				discrimination.
"Educational System" means any local public education agency in
				its entirety, including elementary, secondary and unit districts, area
				vocational education centers, and special education cooperatives.
"Equal Access" means availability of opportunity without
				discrimination on the basis of sex, going beyond simple admission to a course
				or activity to include full and unrestricted participation in educational and
				experiential processes.
"Prime Time" means that time period which is most desirable
				locally for a given activity.
"Program" means a series of courses or set of activities
				leading toward identified educational or experiential student outcomes.
"School" means any attendance center within an educational
				system.
"Sex Bias" means the attribution of behaviors, abilities,
				interests, values and/or roles to a person or group of persons on the basis of
				their sex.
"Sexual Harassment" means unwelcome sexual advances, requests
				for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual
				nature.
"Sexual Intimidation" means any behavior, verbal or nonverbal,
				which has the effect of subjecting members of either sex to humiliation,
				embarrassment or discomfort because of their gender.
"Significant Assistance" means the payment of dues, fees, or
				other remuneration in return for the provision of services or benefits, or any
				other collaboration that significantly facilitates the functioning of any
				agency, organization, or person outside an educational
				system.