Sexual Misconduct Title IX

Sexual Misconduct ＆ Title IX

Title IX: A Student's Right To Know

Title IX Coordinators

Other Contacts

What Is Title IX?

"No person in the U.S. shall on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal financial aid."

Title IX (20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.) is a federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in educational programs and activates, including academic, educational, extracurricular, athletics and employment. Title Ix protects all people regardless of their gender or gender identity from sex discrimination, including sexual harassment and sexual misconduct.

Title IX covered acts: Sexual discrimination/ harassment, sexual misconduct, sexual violence (rape, sexual assault, etc.), sexual exploitation, sex/gender based stalking, sex/gender based bullying, sex/gender based hazing, and intimate partner violence.

When sexual violence/sexual harassment is reported and found to have occurred, Title IX requires the District must take prompt and effective steps to:

1. End the sexual violence/sexual harassment,
2. Prevent its recurrence, and
3. Address its effects, whether or not the sexual violence/sexual harassment is the subject of a criminal investigation.

What Is The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)?

The Violence Against Women Act (42 U.S.C. § 13701 et seq.) is a federal law that provides funding for the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women, imposed automatic and mandatory restitution on the victims of those convicted, and allows civil redress in cases where prosecutors chose not to prosecute. The Act also established the Office on Violence Against Women within the Department of Justice. In 2013, the VAWA was strengthened and reauthorized with the inclusion of the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (Campus SaVE). Campus SaVE also amended the Jeanne Clery Act and clarified that "sexual violence" includes domestic violence, dating violence and stalking which must be included in the Campus Clery reports, and also required that institutional policies address and prevent sexual violence through training and education, and certain discipline procedures.

Campus SaVE higher education institution obligations include:

1. Increased transparency about sexual assault issues on campus by expanding sexual crime reporting;
2. Identify the institution's Campus Security Authority (CSA's) personnel;
3. Create a Campus Sexual Assault Victim Bill of Rights;
4. Set standards for disciplinary proceedings; and
5. Require campus-wide prevention education programs

Title IX Trainings for Title IX Personnel

Beatriz Chaidez (Lead Title IX Coordinator)

ATIXA Trainings:   Title IX Coordinator 1 Training ATIXA (Thursdays in August of 2020)   Other Title IX Trainings:   Title IX Training for Hearing Officers & Decision Makers, Grand River Solutions, by attorney Davis Crow (Online via Zoom) January 18 & 19, 2024   Understanding and Advocating for Gender, Justice & Inclusion, Joshua Moon, November 16, 2022   Title IX Training Series: Part 1, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) October 29, 2021    Title IX Training Series: Part 2, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) November 5, 2021    Title IX Training Series: Part 3, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) November 11, 2021

Victoria Simmons (Interim Vice Chancellor of Human Resources & Title IX District Coordinator)

Title IX Training Series: Obligations before the Investigation, Liebert Cassidy & Whitmore by Jenny Denny (online via zoom) May 14, 2021 Title IX Training Series: Informal Resolutions and Investigations, Liebert Cassidy & Whitmore by Jenny Denny (online via zoom) June 2, 2021 Title IX Training Series: Hearings and Discipline, Liebert Cassidy & Whitmore by Jenny Denny (online via zoom) July 20, 2021 Northern California Title IX Administrators Network (PDF) Northern California Title IX Administrators Network (PPTX) PowerPoint version will download to computer in downloads folder and will not open in a new browser window Title IX training/ Case Update, Elizabeth Trayner, February 28, 2022 Title IX Training for Hearing Officers & Decision Makers, Grand River Solutions, by attorney Davis Crow (Online via Zoom) January 18 & 19, 2024

William Garcia (Title IX Coordinator for San José City College)

ATIXA Trainings:   Title IX Coordinator 1 Training ATIXA (Online via Zoom) September 20-21, 2021   Other Title IX Trainings:   Title IX Training for Hearing Officers & Decision Makers, Grand River Solutions, by attorney Davis Crow (Online via Zoom) January 18 & 19, 2024   Title IX Training Series: Part 1, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) October 29, 2021    Title IX Training Series: Part 2, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) November 5, 2021    Title IX Training Series: Part 3, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) November 11, 2021

Howard Willis (Title IX Coordinator for Evergreen Valley College)

ATIXA Trainings:   Title IX Coordinator 1 Training ATIXA (Online via Zoom) June 8, 2021   Other Title IX Trainings:   Title IX Training for Hearing Officers & Decision Makers, Grand River Solutions, by attorney Davis Crow (Online via Zoom) January 18 & 19, 2024   Title IX Training Series: Part 1, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) October 29, 2021    Title IX Training Series: Part 2, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) November 5, 2021    Title IX Training Series: Part 3, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) November 11, 2021

Blake Balajadia (Deputy Title IX Coordinator for SJCC and Investigator)

ATIXA Trainings:   Title IX Coordinator 1 Training ATIXA (Online via Zoom) September 20-21, 2021   Civil Rights Investigator Level Three Sexual Harassment Certification and Training Course - September 24th & 25th, 2018, San José CA   Title IX Coordinator and Administrator Training & Certification Course - June 13-16, 2016, Denver, CO    Other Title IX Trainings:   Title IX Training for Hearing Officers & Decision Makers, Grand River Solutions, by attorney Davis Crow (Online via Zoom) January 18 & 19, 2024   Title IX Training Series: Part 1, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) October 29, 2021    Title IX Training Series: Part 2, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) November 5, 2021    Title IX Training Series: Part 3, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) November 11, 2021

Azam Awan  (Milpitas- Deputy Title IX Coordinator for Milpitas Site location)
Title IX Training for Hearing Officers & Decision Makers, Grand River Solutions, by attorney Davis Crow (Online via Zoom) January 18 & 19, 2024

Raniyah Johnson (Deputy Title IX Coordinator for EVC and Investigator)

ATIXA Trainings: Violence Risk Assessment for Title IX (November 5, 2020) Title IX Coordinator Certification training, Level 2 (October 1-2, 2020) Civil Rights Investigator Certification Training, Level 3 (September 24 & 25, 2018) Title IX Coordinator Certification Training, Level 1 June 5-June 8, 2017 Civil Rights Investigator Certification Course- Level 2 (June 20-21, 2016) Other Title IX Trainings: Title IX Training for Hearing Officers & Decision Makers, Grand River Solutions, by attorney Davis Crow (Online via Zoom) January 18 & 19, 2024 Title IX Training Series: Part 1, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) October 29, 2021    Title IX Training Series: Part 2, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) November 5, 2021

Lisa Owen (Title IX Investigator)

ATIXA Certification Trainings: Coordinator Training, Level 5: Bias & Cultural Competencies, February 25 & 26, 2021, via online zoom (Hosted by Cabrillo Community College) Civil Rights Investigator Training, Level Three: September 24 & 25, 2018 at Evergreen Valley College, San Jose, CA Civil Rights Investigator Training, Level Four Due Process: July 25 & 26, 2018 at University of San Francisco   Civil Rights Investigator Training, Level Two: September 29 & 30, 2016 at National University La Jolla, CA NACUA Training: NACUA Title IX Coordinator Training, various dates (online via zoom) completed August 13, 2015   Other Title IX Trainings: Understanding and Advocating for Gender, Justice & Inclusion, Joshua Moon, November 16, 2022   New Regulations are coming, NPRiMer: What you need to know about the New Title IX Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), ATIXA, June 28, 2022 What California Schools Need to Know about SB 493, ATIXA, November 19, 2021   2020 Regulations Implementation Training, ATIXA, October 15-16. 2020   Title IX New Regulations & What Higher Education Institutions Must Know before August 14, 2020, presented by Eve Fichtner & Stephen McLoughlin of Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Rudd & Romo, June 17, 2020  Title IX Regulations Overview: Introductory Webinar for K-12 Schools &  Districts, ATIXA, May 15, 2020 A Broad Research Based Perspective on the Standard of Evidence: Campus Title IX & Beyond, ATIXA- William Kidder, October 28, 2019 2019 Best Practices for Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment Complaints and  Investigations, Jeffery Morris & Lauren Gilmore (ACHRO Conference), October  24, 2019 Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination, AALRR attorney Stephen McLoughlin (ACHRO Conference), October 24, 2019 The Future is Here: Non-Binary Individuals in the Workplace, Michelle Cannon & Stephanie White (ACHRO Conference), October 23, 2019 Preparing for the OCR Proposed Regulations: What Steps to be Taking Now, ATIXA, March 19, 2019     California Recent Due Process Ruling, ATIXA, March 5, 2019 Hearing Officer/Decision Maker Trainings:   Title IX Training for Hearing Officers & Decision Makers, Grand River Solutions, by attorney Davis Crow (Online via Zoom) January 18 & 19, 2024   Title IX Training Series: Part 1, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) October 29, 2021    Title IX Training Series: Part 2, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) November 5, 2021    Title IX Training Series: Part 3, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) November 11, 2021

Potential Hearing Officers for Title IX Hearings 

Rene Alvarez* 
Azam Awan  
Blake Balajadia*
Beatriz Chaidez*  
Shara (Lu) Crary  
William Garcia*  
Robert Gutierrez*  
Antoinette Herrera*      
Takao Kubo  
Robbie Kunkel*  
Sam Morgan* 
Lisa Owen*  
Teresa Paiz*  
Matais Pouncil  
Edina Rutland*  
Victoria Simmons  
Elvira Valderrama-Rodriguez  
Howard Willis*

All potential Hearing Officers attended the following trainings

Title IX Training for Hearing Officers & Decision Makers, Grand River Solutions, by attorney Davis Crow (Online via Zoom) January 18 & 19, 2024

 

Potential Hearing Officers above designated with a * also attended the trainings below:

Title IX Training Series: Part 1, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) October 29, 2021 

 

Title IX Training Series: Part 2, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) November 5, 2021 

 

Title IX Training Series: Part 3, Liebert Cassidy Whitmore by Eileen O’Hare –Anderson & Monica Espejo (Online via Zoom) November 11, 2021