WAC 132V-300-010   Statement of policy.  Tacoma Community College is covered by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibiting sex discrimination in education and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 prohibiting discrimination on the basis of a documented disability. The college is committed to protecting the rights and dignity of each individual in the campus community and so will not tolerate discrimination of any kind, at any level.

     It is the policy of Tacoma Community College to provide an environment in which students and applicants for admission can attend the college free from sexual harassment or sexual intimidation and discrimination on the basis of a documented disability. Persons found to have engaged in discriminatory acts will be subject to corrective action up to and including termination, suspension or expulsion from the college pursuant to appropriate procedures depending on their status as an employee or a student.

     Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when:

     (1) Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's academic standing; or

     (2) Submission to or rejection of such conduct by an individual is used as the basis for academic decision affecting such individual; or

     (3) Such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an individual's academic performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive educational environment.

     As an institution of higher education, Tacoma Community College shall ensure that students with documented disabilities are reasonably accommodated with appropriate core services and services necessary to ensure equal success. Such accommodating will be provided in a timely manner.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.140(13). 01-24-005, § 132V-300-010, filed 11/21/01, effective 12/22/01; 93-20-028, § 132V-300-010, filed 9/27/93, effective 10/28/93; 93-03-078, § 132V-300-010, filed 1/19/93, effective 2/19/93.]