Title IX Compliance

Deana Rand, Title IX Coordinator
d.rand@groesbeckisd.net
1202 N. Ellis Street
Groesbeck, Texas 76642
(254) 729-4100

GISD’s Title IX Compliance works to ensure equal educational opportunity for all GISD students and to prevent, detect, and appropriately respond to reports of sex discrimination or sexual harassment in the District’s education programs and activities.

To obtain assistance related to the District’s compliance with Title IX, you may contact Deana Rand at the address, phone number, or email listed above.

You may also make a report about sex discrimination including sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking, by contacting the Title IX Coordinator in person, by mail, by phone, or by email at the contact information provided above.

Inquiries about the application of Title IX to Groesbeck ISD’s education programs or activities may be referred to the District’s Title IX Coordinator, the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education, or both.

Civil Rights for Individuals and Advocates

Statement of Non-Discrimination

Groesbeck ISD prohibits discrimination, including harassment, against any student or employee on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Groesbeck ISD does not and is required not to discriminate on the basis of sex in its education programs or activities. The requirement not to discriminate on the basis of sex extends to the admission of students in the District’s education programs or activities and to applicants for employment.

Any person may report sex discrimination, including sexual harassment (whether or not the person reporting is the person alleged to be the victim of conduct that could constitute sex discrimination or sexual harassment), in person, by mail, by telephone, or by electronic mail, using the contact information listed for the Title IX Coordinator, or by any other means that results in the Title IX Coordinator receiving the person’s verbal or written report. Such a report may be made at any time (including during non-business hours) by using the telephone number or electronic mail address, or by mail to the office address, listed for the Title IX Coordinator.

  • Statement of Non-Discrimination

Groesbeck ISD prohibits discrimination, including harassment, against any student or employee on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, or any other basis prohibited by law.

In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Groesbeck ISD does not and is required not to discriminate on the basis of sex in its education programs or activities. The requirement not to discriminate on the basis of sex extends to the admission of students in the District’s education programs or activities and to applicants for employment.

  • FFH (LOCAL) Student Welfare – Freedom from Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation

  • DIA (LOCAL) Employee Welfare – Freedom from Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation

  • Responding to Formal Complaints of Sexual Harassment

GISD’s Title IX Grievance Process

In accordance with Title IX and its implementing regulations, WCISD’s Board of Trustees has adopted new Board policies regarding responding to formal complaints of sexual harassment. A copy of the policy can be found here (FFH(LOCAL)) and here (DIA(LOCAL)) and the legally-referenced policy can be found here (FFH(LEGAL)).

GISD’s administration has developed a Title IX Grievance Process that complies with Title IX and its implementing regulations.

Download District’s Title IX Discrimination Complaint form

  • Title IX Training

GISD has provided training to all individuals involved in its Title IX Grievance Process, including the Title IX Coordinator, the informal resolution facilitators, and the individuals who will investigate and make decisions regarding formal complaints of sexual harassment. A copy of the training materials will be available at this site. GISD continuously provides training for all personnel involved in the Title IX Grievance Process. Copies of these training materials are available upon request.

All GISD employees will also be trained in identifying and reporting sexual harassment, INCLUDING THE TITLE IX TEAM.

  1. Coordinator Training:

  2. Investigator Training:

  3. Decision Maker Training:

  4. Informal Resolution Training:

  5. Sexual Harassment Training

Title IX Training PDFs for all training videos are found at the following link:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ptnhjo7cr1412yv/AAB1GqGQC5oQm8ZFIvjhjdmSa?dl=0

In accordance with 34 C.F.R. § 106.45(b)(10), Groesbeck ISD has provided the required training to all Title IX personnel including the District’s Title IX Coordinator, investigators, decision-makers, and any other person who facilitates the informal resolution process. The training materials can be viewed by accessing the following PDF: (link PDF of all website postings here).