What is Title IX?
Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 ("Title IX") is a federal law that prohibits sex-based discrimination against all persons interacting with the District’s educational programs or activities, including district employment.
Sex discrimination includes sexual harassment, gender-based harassment, sexual violence, discrimination based on pregnancy, and the failure to provide equal opportunities in employment, admission, enrollment, or any educational programs or activities.
Milwaukee Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX, including in admissions and employment.
Reporting Sexual Harassment/Discrimination
Any person may report sex discrimination, including sexual harassment (whether or not the person reporting is the person alleged to be the victim of conduct that could constitute sex discrimination or sexual harassment), in person, by mail, by telephone, or by electronic mail, using the contact information listed for the Title IX Coordinator.
Reports may also be submitted to the school-based Title IX administrator or online using the MPS Title IX Complaint Form. Such a report may be made at any time (including during non-business hours).
Please Note: Reports are not reviewed after hours, on weekends, or during school holidays or breaks.
Grievance Process
Milwaukee Public Schools has adopted grievance procedures that provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of complaints made by students, employees, or other individuals who are participating or attempting to participate in its education program or activity, or by the Title IX Coordinator, alleging any action that would be prohibited by Title IX or the Title IX regulations.
After a report of sexual harassment has been made, the individual affected by the alleged misconduct will be contacted and provided with supportive measures, an opportunity to discuss the grievance policy and/or the opportunity to file a formal complaint if the behavior meets the Title IX definition of sexual harassment.
If the complainant attempts to address concerns at the school and is dissatisfied, the complainant may also file a written complaint directly with the District’s Title IX Coordinator. This will begin the investigation process, which must be completed within 10-15 days. If a formal complaint is filed, appropriate steps will be taken to investigate.
Upon completing the investigation, the outcome will be shared with all relevant stakeholders. An appeal of the District’s Title IX Coordinator’s findings may be made to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, P.O. Box 7841, Madison, WI 53707-7841 or Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education, John C. Kluczynski Federal Building, 230 S. Dearborn St., 37th Floor, Chicago, IL 60604.
Notice of Non-Discrimination
It is the policy of the Milwaukee Public Schools that no person may be denied admission to any public school in this district or be denied participation in, or the benefits of, or be discriminated against in, any curricular, extracurricular, student service, recreational, or other program or activity because of that person's sex, race, color, national origin, ancestry, creed, religion, pregnancy, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability or handicap, as required by section 118.13; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (sex); Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (race, color, and national origin); and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (disability).