Pursuant to
RCW
28B.50.140(13) Boards of
trustees- Powers and duties, and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of
1972, 20 U.S.C. Sec.
1681, Grays Harbor College may impose
disciplinary sanctions against a student who commits, attempts to commit, or
aids, abets, incites, encourages, or assists another person to commit, an
act(s) of "sexual harassment."
For purposes of this supplemental procedure, "sexual
harassment" encompasses the following conduct:
(1)
Quid pro quo harassment. A
Grays Harbor College employee conditioning the provision of an aid, benefit, or
service of Grays Harbor College on an individual's participation in unwelcome
sexual conduct.
(2)
Hostile
environment. Unwelcome conduct that a reasonable person would find to be
so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a
person equal access to Grays Harbor College's educational programs or
activities, or employment.
(3)
Sexual assault. Sexual assault includes the following conduct:
(a)
Nonconsensual sexual
intercourse. Any actual or attempted sexual intercourse (anal, oral, or
vaginal), however slight, with any object or body part, by a person upon
another person, that is without consent and/or by force. Sexual intercourse
includes anal or vaginal penetration by a penis, tongue, finger, or object, or
oral copulation by mouth to genital contact or genital to mouth
contact.
(b)
Nonconsensual
sexual contact. Any actual or attempted sexual touching, however slight,
with any body part or object, by a person upon another person that is without
consent and/or by force. Sexual touching includes any bodily contact with the
breasts, groin, mouth, or other bodily orifice of another individual, or any
other bodily contact in a sexual manner.
(c)
Incest. Sexual intercourse
or sexual contact with a person known to be related to them, either
legitimately or illegitimately, as an ancestor, descendant, brother, or sister
of either wholly or half related. Descendant includes stepchildren and adopted
children under the age of eighteen.
(d)
Statutory rape. Consensual
sexual intercourse between someone who is eighteen years of age or older and
someone who is under the age of sixteen.
(4)
Domestic violence. Physical
violence, bodily injury, assault, the infliction of fear of imminent physical
harm, sexual assault, or stalking committed by a person with whom the victim
shares a child in common, by a person who is cohabitating with or has
cohabitated with the victim as a spouse, by a person similarly situated to a
spouse of the victim under the domestic or family violence laws of the state of
Washington, or by any other person against an adult or youth victim who is
protected from that person's acts under the domestic or family violence laws of
the state of Washington,
RCW
26.50.010.
(5)
Dating violence. Physical
violence, bodily injury, assault, the infliction of fear of imminent physical
harm, sexual assault, or stalking committed by a person:
(a) Who is or has been in a social
relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim; and
(b) Where the existence of such a
relationship shall be determined based on a consideration of the following
factors:
(i) The length of the
relationship;
(ii) The type of
relationship; and
(iii) The
frequency of interaction between the persons involved in the
relationship.
(6)
Stalking. Engaging in a
course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable
person to fear for their safety or the safety of others, or suffer substantial
emotional distress.
