Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman PAMELA R. LAMPITT
District 6 (Burlington and Camden)
SYNOPSIS
Requires public schools, and nonpublic schools which receive federal funding, to provide students with information on rights afforded under Title IX, and provide contact information for Title IX coordinator.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning Title IX compliance and supplementing chapter 6 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. A public school, and a nonpublic school which receives federal funds and is subject to the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. s.1681 et seq.), shall post on its website in an easily accessible location the following information:
a. the rights afforded to a student and the responsibilities of the school under Title IX;
b. the name and contact information of the Title IX coordinator for the school which shall include the Title IX coordinator's phone number and e-mail address; and
c. the procedure to file a complaint under Title IX, including:
(1) an explanation of the statute of limitations within which a complaint must be filed after an alleged incident of discrimination has occurred, and how a complaint may be filed beyond the statute of limitations; and
(2) an explanation of how the complaint will be investigated and how the complainant may further pursue the complaint, including providing the student and the student's parent or guardian with the contact information of the United State Department of Education Office for Civil Rights and an Internet link to the office's complaint form.
2. The Commissioner of Education shall annually disseminate through electronic means a letter to each public school, and to each nonpublic school which receives federal funds and is subject to the requirements of Title IX, informing the school of the rights afforded to a student and the responsibilities of the school under Title IX.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill requires each public school, and each nonpublic school which receives federal funds and is subject to the requirements of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. s.1681 et seq.), to post on its website in an easily accessible location the following information:
· the rights afforded to a student and the responsibilities of the school under Title IX;
· the name and contact information of the Title IX coordinator for the school, including the Title IX coordinator's phone number and e-mail address; and
· the procedure to file a complaint under Title IX.
The bill also requires the Commissioner of Education to annually disseminate through electronic means a letter to each public school, and to each nonpublic school which receives federal funds and is subject to the requirements of Title IX, informing the school of the rights afforded to a student and the responsibilities of the school under Title IX.