Title IX

The College has designated a Title IX Coordinator who is responsible for coordinating the College’s compliance with Title IX.  Questions or concerns may be addressed to:

Jill Cranmore, Vice President of Human Resources

Title IX Coordinator/Affirmative Action Officer

Danville Area Community College, Human Resources Department

2000 East Main Street

Vermilion Hall, Room 217

Danville, IL  61832

Phone: 217-443-8756

Fax: 217-443-8560

Email: j.cranmore@dacc.edu

You may also contact the Office of Civil Rights at 1-800-421-3481 or ocr@ed.gov

Title IX Coordinator: The College has designated the Vice President of Human Resources/Affirmative Action Officer as the Title IX Coordinator. Contact information for the Title IX Coordinator is as follows:

Responsibilities of the Title IX Coordinator include, but are not limited to:

• Overseeing the College’s response to all title IX reports and complaints and identifying and addressing any patterns or systemic problems revealed by such reports or complaints.
• Being informed of all reports and complaints raising Title IX issues, including those initially filed with another individual or office or if the investigation will be conducted by another individual or office.
• Conducting and/or assigning Title IX investigations including the investigation of facts relative to a complaint.
  • The Title IX Coordinator must not be the decision-maker for a determination of responsibility in response to a formal Title IX complaint of sexual harassment.
• Coordinating any appropriate supportive measures and ensuring the effective implementation of any remedies.
• Ensuring that appropriate policies and procedures are in place for working with law enforcement and coordinating services with local victim advocacy organizations and services providers, including rape crisis centers.
• Ensuring that adequate training is provided to students, faculty and staff on Title IX issues.
• Monitoring students’ participation in athletics and across academic fields to ensure that sex discrimination is not causing any disproportionate enrollment based on sex or otherwise negatively affecting a student’s access to equal educational opportunities.
• Developing a method to survey the school climate and coordinating the collection and analysis of information from that survey.
• Promoting an educational and employment environment which is free of sex discrimination and gender bias.

Inquiries concerning the application of Title IX may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator or to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the United States Department of Education:

Office for Civil Rights, Chicago Office
U.S. Department of Education
Citigroup Center
500 W. Madison Street, Suite 1475
Chicago, IL 60661-4544
Telephone: (312) 730-1560
Email: OCR.Chicago@ed.gov

The Human Resources Department will partner with the Title IX Coordinator with respect to any complaints of sex-based misconduct that involve a College employee as the complainant or as the respondent. For any such complaints that involve a College employee as the respondent and fall outside the scope of Title IX, the Human Resources Department will manage the investigation into the allegations and issue a decision and any appropriate sanction(s).

For complaints of sex-based misconduct that involve a College employee as the respondent, investigatory and disciplinary procedures required by any applicable collective bargaining agreement will apply in addition to these Procedures.

The College will review on an ongoing basis, its sexual discrimination, harassment and misconduct prevention and education programming to ensure students and employees are provided substantive opportunities to learn about sexual discrimination, harassment and misconduct, including primary prevention, bystander intervention, risk reduction, consent, reporting methods, relevant College policies and procedures, retaliation, survivor-centered and trauma-informed response, relevant definitions, and other pertinent topics.

The College, in conjunction with its community-wide Sexual Assault Response Task Force established pursuant to the Campus Security Enhancement Act of 2008 (110 ILCS 12/10), will annually review its prevention and education offerings to identify ways in which to enhance its effectiveness.

DACC students are also encouraged to complete the free, online training modules available through the College's partnership with Safe Colleges. The modules may be accessed through the Current Students webpage (https://www.dacc.edu/currentstudents) under the Student Development & Training heading.

The following modules are related to Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education:

• Bystander Intervention for Students
• Campus SaVE Act for Students – Sexual Violence Awareness
• Creating a Respectful Campus for LGBTQ+ Students
• Intimate Partner Violence for Students

The Title IX Coordinator, campus security, and anyone else involved in the receipt of reports of, responding to, investigating or adjudicating alleged incidents of sexual discrimination, harassment or other misconduct, or involved in the referral or provision of services to survivors receive annual education and training on primary prevention, bystander intervention, risk reduction, consent, reporting obligations, investigation procedures, confidentiality requirements, relevant College policies and procedures, retaliation, survivor-centered and trauma-informed response, relevant definitions, and other pertinent topics.

In addition to the above training, individuals who investigate or resolve complaints, including through informal resolutions, receive at least 8-10 hours of annual training on issues related to Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act offenses including sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; the scope of the College’s education program or activity; the Title IX and College definitions of sexual harassment; how to serve impartially, including by avoiding prejudgment of the facts at issue, conflicts of interest, and bias; and how to conduct the College’s Grievance Process outlines in Section VIII, above. Decision-makers in particular receive training on any technology to be used at live hearings and on issues of relevance of questions and evidence, including when questions and evidence about the complainant’s sexual predisposition or prior sexual behavior are not relevant. Investigators in particular receive training on issues of relevance so as to enable them to create an investigative report that fairly summarizes relevant evidence.

Confidential Advisors from off-campus community agencies receive training on the College’s specific grievance process and procedures and their role in such.

The College, in conjunction with its community-wide Sexual Assault Response Team, established pursuant to the Campus Security Enhancement Act of 2008 (110 ILCS 12/10), will annually review its training offerings to identify ways in which to enhance its effectiveness.

Any materials used to train the Title IX Coordinator, investigators, decision-makers, and any person who facilitates an informal resolution process, will not rely on sex stereotypes and will promote impartial investigations and adjudications of formal complaints of sexual harassment.