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Last published: 8/14/2020 |
Operating Policy and Procedure
HSC OP: 51.03, Sexual Misconduct.
PURPOSE: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (外网天堂) is committed to providing and strengthening an educational, working, and living environment where students, faculty, staff, and visitors are free from sex discrimination of any kind. Therefore, 外网天堂 prohibits discrimination based on sex and other types of sexual misconduct, including but not limited to sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking. The purpose of this 外网天堂 Operating Policy/Procedure (HSC OP) is to (1) state 外网天堂鈥檚 requirements for reporting incidents of sexual misconduct; (2) state 外网天堂鈥檚 policy on sexual misconduct; (3) implement electronic reporting protocols for such incidents; (4) develop a comprehensive prevention and outreach program; (5) establish penalties for noncompliance with this HSC OP; and (6) provide amnesty or immunities to students and employees who report incidents of sexual misconduct.
REVIEW: This OP will be reviewed in November of odd-numbered years by the 外网天堂 Title IX Administrator and Vice President for Human Resources, in consultation with the System Offices of Equal Opportunity and General Counsel, with substantive revisions forwarded to the President. Any substantive change to this OP must be approved by the Board of Regents.
POLICY/PROCEDURE:
1. Discrimination based on sex and other types of sexual misconduct (including the reporting and prevention of, and grievance process and remedies for sexual misconduct) in the 外网天堂 community is governed by Texas Tech University , which includes two distinct policies and procedures based on applicable federal and state law:
a. ; and
b. .
The Sexual Misconduct Policy Applicability , attached to each policy, summarizes these policies鈥� applicability and their respective procedures. Questions regarding the applicability of these policies should be directed to the Title IX Coordinator or System Office of Equal Opportunity, whose contact information is provided in Section 2 of this HSC OP.
2. 外网天堂 Title IX Coordinator and designated Coordinators for 外网天堂 students and employees:
外网天堂 Title IX Coordinator: Leslie Collins: 806.743.9861
3601 4th Street UC Suite 330 A MS 6262
Lubbock, Texas 79430
leslie.collins@ttuhsc.edu
外网天堂 Title IX Deputy Coordinator for Employees: Dawn Payne, Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director, Office of Equal Opportunity: 806.742.3627
Office of Equal Opportunity TTU System Administration Building
1508 Knoxville Ave, Suite 309
Box 41073
Lubbock, TX 79409
dawn.payne@ttu.edu
3. The following additional resources are available:
Office of Student Affairs: 806.743.3027
3601 4th Street, MS 8310
Lubbock, Texas 79430
Texas Tech University System Office of Equal Opportunity: 806.742.3627
TTU System Administration Building 1508 Knoxville Ave, Suite 309
Box 41073
Lubbock, TX 79409
Human Resources: 806.743.2865
3601 4th Street, MS 8100
Lubbock, Texas 79430
Counseling Services for Students: 806.743.1327
3601 4th Street, Room 1A122
Lubbock, Texas 79430
Employee Assistance Program: 806.743.1327
3601 4th Street
Lubbock, Texas 79430
Lubbock Voice of Hope: 806.763.7273
P.O. Box 2000
Lubbock, Texas 79457
Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas: 806.763.4557
1711 Avenue J
Lubbock, Texas 79401
Legal Aid Society of Lubbock: 806.762.2325
906 Main St. #103
Lubbock, Texas 79401
University Medical Center: 806.775.8200
602 Indiana Ave.
Lubbock, Texas 79415
Covenant Medical Center: 806.725.0000
3615 19th Street
Lubbock, Texas 79410
4. The following outside agencies are available as additional resources:
a. Nothing in this HSC OP or the incorporated regulations shall limit an individual from seeking assistance or filing a complaint with an outside agency.
b. Administrative Agencies:
TTU Police Department: 806.742.3931
413 Flint Ave.
Lubbock, Texas 79409
Lubbock Police Department: 806.775.2865
916 Texas Ave.
Lubbock, Texas 79401
Lubbock County Sheriff鈥檚 Department: 806.775.1400
811 Main Street
P.O. Box 10536
Lubbock, Texas 79407
Texas Department of Public Safety: 512.424.2000
5805 North Lamar Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78752
AUTHORITATIVE REFERENCES
鈥� Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
鈥� Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
鈥� 34 CFR Part 106
鈥� Texas Labor Code Chapter 21
鈥� Violence Against Women Act (VAWA)
鈥� Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act of 2013 (Campus SaVE)
鈥� Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act
鈥� Texas Education Code Sections 51.9363, 51.251 鈥� 51.260, and 51.281 鈥� 51.295
鈥� Texas Family Code Sections 71.004 and 71.0021
鈥� Texas Penal Code Section 42.072