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Title IX and Sex Discrimination

Rights under Title IX

Title IX is a federal law passed in 1972 to ensure that all students in educational settings are treated equally and fairly.  It protects against discrimination based on sex in programs and activities, including athletic programs. Key areas addressed by Title IX include: discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), exclusion, denial, limitation or separation based on sex.  In addition to this federal law, the California Education code and Mt. Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD) policies prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex.  Please refer to Board Policies 5145.3 ,5145.7 and Administrative Regulations 5145.3 and 5145.7 for more information on the District’s anti-discrimination policies.  Title IX requires MDUSD to take appropriate action to investigate when it knows or reasonably should know of a possible Title IX violation.


Filing a Title IX Complaint

You may file a complaint regarding sexual harassment, or discrimination, including harassment, intimidation and bullying because of actual or perceived disability, sex, nationality, race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital or parental status, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics, under the District’s Uniform Complaint and/or Title IX procedures, by contacting the Title IX Coordinator:

Kristy Avila, Title IX Coordinator/Civil Rights Officer
(925) 682-8000 x 4291
avilak@mdusd.org
1936 Carlotta Drive 
Concord, CA 94519

Title IX complaints will proceed under the District’s Administrative Regulation AR 5145.71 Title IX Sexual Harassment Complaint Procedures.  A complaint may also be filed with the school site principal or his/her designee or a teacher at the school site.  Please see below for complaint forms and training materials.

What are my rights under Title IX?

For more information specific to anti-discrimination in District employment, please contact the Title IX Coordinator.

Learn more about your rights under Title IX:

 

For additional information see: