Title IX Compliance

Stella Egbert, Title IX Coordinator – Students
Director of Instruction
1102 S. Congress Ave
Austin TX 78704
(512) 410-1117 VP
[email protected]

 

Julie Dodd, Title IX Coordinator – Employees
Human Resources Director
1102 S. Congress Ave
Austin TX 78704
(512) 463-5321
[email protected]

 

Reports of sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, may be emailed to: [email protected].

 

The Texas School for the Deaf works to ensure equal educational opportunity for all TSD students and to prevent, detect, and appropriately respond to reports of sex discrimination or sexual harassment in TSD’s education programs and activities.

 

To obtain assistance related to TSD’s compliance with Title IX, you may contact Stella Egbert or Julie Dodd at the address, phone numbers, or emails listed above.

 

You may also make a report about sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, or stalking, by contacting a 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 TSD’s education programs or activities may be referred to TSD’s Title Coordinators, the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education or both.

 

 

TSD 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, TSD does not and is required to not 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 TSD’s education programs or activities and to applicants for employment.

 

 

 

In accordance with Title IX and its implementing regulations, TSD’s Governing Board has adopted board policies regarding responding to Formal Complaints of sexual harassment.  A copy of the policy can be found here:  

 

• Board Policy FFH – Student Welfare: Freedom from Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation: https://www.tsd.state.tx.us/Board%20Policies/Section%20F/FFH%20Student%20Welfare%20Freedom%20from%20Harrassment%20Discrimination%2010_30_2020.pdf

TSD’s administration has developed a Title IX Grievance Process that complies with Title IX and its implementing regulations.  Information regarding TSD’s Title IX Grievance Process can be found HERE

 

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. A report may be made in person, by mail, by phone, or email, using the contact information list for the Title IX coordinator or by email to [email protected]. A report may be made at any time, including during non-business hours.

 

To download a copy of TSD’s Title IX Discrimination Complaint Form, click HERE