Title IX and FOIA Excellence and Equity in Education

Title IX and FOIA

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces, among other statutes, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance. Title IX states that:

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 education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

Educational programs and activities that receive ED funds must operate in a nondiscriminatory manner. Some key issue areas in which recipients have Title IX obligations are: recruitment, admissions, and counseling; financial assistance; athletics; sex-based harassment; treatment of pregnant and parenting students; discipline; single-sex education; and employment. Also, a recipient may not retaliate against any person for opposing an unlawful educational practice or policy, or made charges, testified or participated in any complaint action under Title IX. For a recipient to retaliate in any way is considered a violation of Title IX. The ED Title IX regulations (Volume 34, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 106) provide additional information about the forms of discrimination prohibited by Title IX.

U.S. Department of Education

Title IX Board Policy

Title IX Board Policy 2266

Title IX Training Certification

Title IX Final Rule Training Certification

Title IX Training Material

Freedom of Information Act

FOIA Guidelines

FOIA Statement

 

 

 

 

Contact Information

District Title IX Coordinator: Veronica Lake 
Kentwood Public Schools
5820 Eastern Ave. SE
Kentwood, MI 49508
(616) 455-4400 ext. 79927