About Title IX
What is Title IX?
“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.”
Under Title IX, discrimination on the basis of sex can include sexual harassment, rape, and sexual assault.
Employees, students, applicants or other members of the college community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law, or treated adversely based upon a protected characteristic.
All complaints of sexual violence, including assault, stalking, harassment, intimate
partner violence, and other forms of sexually intimidating or threatening conduct
will be promptly investigated by the Title IX Coordinator in cooperation with College
Security.
Sexual harassment consists of non-consensual sexual advances, requests for sexual
favors, or other verbal or physical conduct on or off campus, when: (1) submission
to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a condition of an individual's
employment or academic standing; or (2) submission to or rejection of such conduct
is used as the basis for employment decisions or for academic evaluation, grades,
or advancement; or (3) such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering
with an individual's work or academic performance or creating an intimidating or hostile
academic or work environment. Sexual harassment may be found in a single episode,
as well as in persistent behavior.
SUNY Orange will provide accommodations to individuals with disabilities in accordance
with
the Americans with Disabilities Act. The college will further provide accommodations
to ensure the full participation of individuals in college programs, when such accommodations
are reasonable and necessary, due to an individual's religion, pregnancy, maternity,
or breast-feeding status.
Questions or concerns regarding Title IX, Section 504, or any other aspects of SUNY Orange's nondiscrimination programs should be addressed to: Iris Martinez-Davis, Title IX and 504 Coordinator, Affirmative Action Officer; and Associate Vice President of Human Resources, Orange Hall, Middletown, NY 10940; (845) 341-4662; email: irismartinezdavis@sunyorange.edu