Policies - SRVUSD Policy
on Sexual Harassment
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It is the policy of the
Governing Board of the San
Ramon Valley Unified School
District (BP 5145.7) to
provide an educational and
work environment free of
unwelcome sexual advances,
requests for sexual favors,
and other verbal, visual or
physical conduct or
communications constituting
sexual harassment, as
defined by Ed. Code 212.5
and otherwise prohibited by
state and federal statutes.
Prohibited sexual harassment
includes, but is not limited
to, unwelcome sexual
advances, requests for
sexual favors, and other
verbal, or physical conduct
of a sexual nature, made by
someone from or in the work
or educational setting,
under any of the following
conditions:
a. Submission to the
conduct is explicitly or
implicitly made a term or a
condition of an individual’s
employment, academic status,
or progress.
b. Submission to, or
rejection of, the conduct by
the individual is used as
the basis of employment or
academic decisions affecting
the individual.
c. The conduct has the
purpose or effect of having
a negative impact upon the
individual’s work or
academic performance, or of
creating an intimidating,
hostile, or offensive work
or educational environment.
d. Submission to, or
rejection of the conduct by
the individual is used as
the basis for any decision
affecting the individual
regarding benefits and
services, honors, programs,
or activities available at
or through the educational
institution.
Other types of conduct
which are prohibited in the
district and which may
constitute sexual harassment
include:
Verbal or written
conduct (including
information shared via
email, blogs, social
networks, instant messages,
YouTube, etc.):
making derogatory comments,
including epithets, slurs,
jokes, etc.; sexual
propositions or flirtations,
graphic commentary about an
individual’s body; sexually
degrading words used to
describe an individual;
suggestive or obscene
letters, notes or
invitations; spreading
sexual rumors.
Visual conduct:
leering; making sexual
gestures; displaying
sexually suggestive objects,
pictures, books, magazines,
etc.
Physical conduct:
inappropriate
touching or impeding one’s
movement. Every student,
employee or applicant has
the right to be free from
harassment from adults
and/or from students in the
work or educational setting.
The district prohibits
retaliatory behavior against
any complainant or any
participant in the complaint
process. Each complaint of
sexual harassment shall be
promptly investigated in a
way that respects the
privacy of all parties
concerned.
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