NMPED Title IX Reporting

Overview

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination based on sex in education program or activities, which receive Federal financial assistance. Title IX states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

The New Mexico Public Education Department, including its Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, supports Title IX. The Public Education Department values diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, disability, age or sexual orientation in its programs and activities.

 All school districts and schools that receive federal financial assistance must designate at least one employee to coordinate their efforts to comply with and carry out their responsibilities under Title IX. This person is referred to as a “Title IX coordinator”.

School districts and individual schools are required to publish their Title IX coordinator’s contact information in the district’s and school’s respective notices of nondiscrimination, typically found in any bulletins, announcements, publications, catalogs, application forms, or other recruitment materials. The Title IX coordinator’s contact information should also be prominently posted on the district’s and school’s respective websites. Title IX coordinators for public school districts can also be found on the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) coordinators website.

Filing A Complaint to Grievance Procedure

Parents/guardians have the right to file complaints about matters affecting a child’s education with their local school district. Issues addressing gender harassment, sex discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual violence may be considered as part of a violation of the federal Title IX regulations.

All school districts receiving federal financial assistance must designate at least one employee to coordinate their efforts to comply with and carry out their responsibilities under Title IX. This person is referred to as a Title IX coordinator.

Your school district is required to publish your Title IX coordinator’s contact information in your school’s notice of nondiscrimination, typically found in any bulletins, announcements, publications, catalogs, application forms, or other recruitment materials. The Title IX coordinator’s contact information should also be prominently posted on your school’s website. Title IX coordinators for public school districts can also be found on the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) coordinators website.

If there is dissatisfaction with the local school district’s grievance process or outcome, parties may contact the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

U.S. Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights
Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202-1100
Email: OCR@ed.gov, fax: (202) 453-6012
https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html

Please direct additional Title IX inquiries to:

Anne Marlow-Geter, Safe and Healthy Schools Bureau, Anne.MarlowGeter@ped.nm.gov