Sex-Based Misconduct (Including Title IX)
Moraine Valley Community College (“the College”) is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy educational and employment environment that is free from discrimination, harassment and misconduct on the basis of sex, which includes sexual orientation or gender-related identity. The purpose of these Procedures is to implement the College’s Policy Prohibiting Sex-Based Misconduct and the Equal Educational Opportunity Policy (Board Policy 300.1 and Board Policy 300), ensure a safe and healthy educational and employment environment, and meet legal requirements in accordance with: Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the College’s education programs or activities; relevant sections of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (“VAWA”); Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in employment; relevant sections of the Illinois Human Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex or sexual orientation, including gender-related identity; the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (“Clery Act”), which requires timely warning to the community of certain immediate threats; the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act; and other applicable law and local ordinances.
The College has designated the Dean of Student Success and the Chief Human Resources Officer as the Title IX Coordinators. Contact information for the Title IX Coordinators is as follows:
Dr. Jo Ann Jenkins
Dean of Student Success
Moraine Valley Community College
9000 College Pkwy.
Palos Hills, IL 60465-2478
Telephone: (708) 974-5277
jenkinsj52@morainevalley.edu
Lynn Harrington
Chief Human Resources Officer
Moraine Valley Community College
9000 College Pkwy.
Palos Hills, IL 60465-2478
(708) 974-5704
harrington@morainevalley.edu
The full procedures are available in the Code of Conduct Office (Building U, Room U115) or online on the student portal. To file a complaint or to request information, contact a Title IX coordinator.