性侵犯政策 报告

As a private or independent University of higher education, as those terms are defined by Section 61.003 of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Howard Payne University (University) shall abide by Texas S.B. No. 968和章节1. 51节.9363, Education Code by implementing this 性侵犯 policy effective January 1, 2018.

This policy is applicable to each enrolled student 和 each employee of the University.  The University shall make this 性侵犯 policy available to students, 教师, 工作人员由:

1. including the policy in the University’s 学生手册 和 Administrative Policies of Howard Payne University; 和
2. 在大学的互联网网站上建立和维护一个专门介绍该政策的网页.

学校应要求每一名新生或本科转学生在入学前或入学第一学期期间参加关于学校性侵犯政策的课程. The University shall establish the format 和 content of the program.

学校应制定和实施一项公众宣传活动，告知在校学生和大学员工这项性侵犯政策. As part of the campaign, 大学应通过提供名称来提供有关性侵犯事件报告协议的信息, 办公室的位置, 和 contact information of the University’s Title IX coordinators, 和:

1. e-mailing the information to each student at the beginning of each semester or other academic term; 和
2. including the information in the program session.

As part of the protocol for responding to reports of 性侵犯, the University shall:

1. to the greatest extent practicable based on the number of counselors employed by the University, 确保每一个性侵犯事件的据称受害者或据称肇事者以及任何其他报告此类事件的人都得到咨询师的咨询，该咨询师不会向事件中涉及的任何其他人提供咨询; 和
2. notwithst和ing any other law, 允许性侵犯事件的据称受害者或据称肇事者放弃双方都参加的课程，而不受任何学术处罚.

每个双年度, the University shall review the University’s 性侵犯 policy 和, with approval of the University’s governing board, revise the policy as necessary.

1. 约会暴力 is defined as abuse or violence, or a threat of abuse or violence, 反对与演员有或曾经有过浪漫或亲密社会关系的人.
2. 性侵犯 is defined as sexual contact or intercourse with a person without the person’s consent, 包括违反当事人意愿的性接触或性交，或在当事人没有能力同意的情况下进行的性接触或性交.
3. 性骚扰 is defined as unwelcome, sex-based verbal or physical conduct that:
   in the employment context, unreasonably interferes with an employee’s work performance or creates an intimidating, 充满敌意的, or offensive work environment; or in the education context, 足够严重, 持续的, 或普遍的行为干扰学生参与或受益于教育计划或活动的能力.
4. 跟踪 被定义为一种针对某人的行为，会导致一个理性的人担心该人的安全或遭受严重的情绪困扰.

大学不受教育法第九条的某些监管规定的约束，并且可以在就业中基于宗教歧视，以实现其使命.

大学也不受第九章有关学生行为规则的某些监管规定的约束. 大学欢迎所有学生进入一个安全和支持的环境，在这个环境中讨论和了解各种问题, including those of sexuality 和 gender. The University affirms the biblical underst和ing of sexuality 和 gender as gifts from God.

Using the Bible 和 documents affirmed by the Baptist General Convention of Texas as the foundation for institutional policies 和 practices; the University affirms fidelity in marri年龄, purity/celibacy in singleness, marri年龄 as a union between a man 和 a woman, 和 God’s creation of male 和 female through biological gender assignments. 大学的学生和员工应该按照这些基督教道德标准行事. Students 和 employees who eng年龄 in behavior that violate these st和ards including, 但不限于, sexual activity outside of marri年龄, sexual activity with a person of the same sex, 约会暴力, 性侵犯, 性虐待, sexual harassment 和 stalking are subject to disciplinary sanctions up to 和 including:

1. For students – expulsion from the University, 和
2. For employees – termination of employment.

学校应为在校学生或学校员工提供一种选择，以电子方式向学校报告性骚扰指控, 性侵犯, 约会暴力, 或跟踪 committed against or witnessed by the student or employee, regardless of the location at which the alleged offense occurred.  The electronic reporting option must:

1. enable a student or employee to report the alleged offense anonymously; 和
2. 透过大学互联网网页上的清晰连结，可轻易浏览.

The University may contract with a third-party vendor to provide the electronic reporting option.

对于真诚向学校报告自己是下列行为受害者的在校生，学校不得采取任何纪律处分, 或者是目击证人, an incident of sexual harassment, 性侵犯, 约会暴力, 或跟踪学生在事件发生时或事件发生前后违反大学行为准则的行为, 无论事件发生的地点或大学对事件的纪律处分结果如何, 如果有任何.

本节不适用于报告学生自己的委托或协助性骚扰委托的学生, 性侵犯, 约会暴力, 或跟踪.

The University may investigate to determine whether a report of an incident of sexual harassment, 性侵犯, 约会暴力, 或跟踪 was made in good faith. The University has discretion to determine good faith, but in no event will good faith exist if the student is found responsible for sexual harassment, 性侵犯, 约会暴力, 或跟踪 at or near the time of the incident.

根据本政策，学生有权获得赦免的决定是最终的，不得撤销.

本政策不应被解释为限制大学在本政策未描述的情况下免除实施大学政策的能力.