TITLE IX, HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION, DISCRIMINATION, AND BULLYING POLICY
Discrimination, sexual harassment, harassment, intimidation, and bullying are all disruptive behaviors, which interfere
with students’ ability to learn, negatively affect student engagement, diminish school safety, and contribute to a hostile
school environment. As such, Learn4Life High School-Charleston prohibits any acts of discrimination, sexual harassment,
harassment, intimidation, and bullying altogether. This Policy is inclusive of instances that occur on any area of the school
campus, at school-sponsored events and activities, regardless of location, through school-owned technology, and through
other electronic means. This Policy should be translated into the student’s primary language if at least 15 percent of the
students enrolled in Learn4Life High School-Charleston speak a single primary language other than English.
As used in this Policy, discrimination, sexual harassment, harassment, intimidation, and bullying are described as
intentional conduct, including verbal, physical, written communication or cyber-bullying, including cyber sexual bullying,
based on the actual or perceived characteristics of disability, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, gender expression,
nationality, ancestry, race or ethnicity, immigration and citizenship status, religion, religious affiliation, sexual orientation,
childbirth or related medical conditions, marital status, age, or association with a person or group with one or more of
these actual or perceived characteristics or any other basis protected by federal, state, local law, ordinance or regulation.
In addition, bullying encompasses any conduct described in the definitions set forth in this Policy. Hereafter, such actions
are referred to as “misconduct prohibited by this Policy.”
To the extent possible, Learn4Life High School-Charleston will make reasonable efforts to prevent students from being
discriminated against, harassed, intimidated, and/or bullied, and will take action to investigate, respond, address and
report on such behaviors in a timely manner. Learn4Life High School-Charleston staff that witness acts of misconduct
prohibited by this Policy will take immediate steps to intervene when safe to do so.
Moreover, Learn4Life High School-Charleston will not condone or tolerate misconduct prohibited by this Policy by any
employee, independent contractor, or another person with whom Learn4Life High School-Charleston does business, or
any other individual, student, or volunteer. This Policy applies to all employee, student, or volunteer actions and
relationships, regardless of position or gender. Learn4Life High School-Charleston will promptly and thoroughly investigate
any complaint of such misconduct prohibited by this Policy and take appropriate corrective action if warranted.
Definitions
Prohibited Unlawful Harassment
• Verbal conduct such as epithets, derogatory jokes or comments or slurs
• Physical conduct including assault, unwanted touching, intentionally blocking normal movement, or interfering
with school because of sex, race, or any other protected category
• Retaliation for reporting or threatening to report harassment
• Deferential or preferential treatment based on any of the protected classes above
Prohibited Unlawful Harassment Under Title IX
Title IX (20 U.S.C. § 1681 et. seq; 34 C.F.R. § 106.1 et. seq) prohibits harassment on the basis of sex. In accordance with
these existing laws, discrimination on the basis of sex in educational institutions is prohibited. All persons, regardless of
sex, are afforded equal rights and opportunities and freedom from unlawful discrimination in education programs or
activities conducted by Learn4Life High School-Charleston.
Learn4Life High School-Charleston is committed to providing an educational environment free of sexual harassment and
considers such harassment to be a major offense, which may result in disciplinary action.
Sexual harassment consists of sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual
nature when: (a) Submission to the conduct is explicitly or implicitly made a term or a condition of an individual's
education, academic status, or progress; (b) submission to, or rejection of, the conduct by the individual is used as the
basis of educational or academic decisions affecting the individual; (c) the conduct has the purpose or effect of having a
negative impact upon the individual's academic performance, or of creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive
educational environment; and/or (d) submission to, or rejection of, the conduct by the individual is used as the basis for
any decision affecting the individual regarding benefits and services, honors, programs, or activities available at or through
the educational institution.
It is also unlawful to retaliate in any way against an individual who has articulated a good faith concern about sexual harassment against him/her or against another individual.
Sexual harassment may include, but is not limited to:
• Physical assaults of a sexual nature, such as:
o Rape, sexual battery, molestation, or attempts to commit these assaults.
o Intentional physical conduct that is sexual in nature, such as touching, pinching, patting, grabbing, brushing against another’s body, or poking another’s body.
• Unwanted sexual advances, propositions, or other sexual comments, such as:
o Sexually oriented gestures, notices, remarks, jokes, or comments about a person’s sexuality or sexual experience. 2026-2027 Student/Parent Handbook Page 43
o Preferential treatment or promises of preferential treatment to an individual for submitting to sexual conduct, including soliciting or attempting to solicit any individual to engage in sexual activity for compensation or reward or deferential treatment for rejecting sexual conduct.
o Subjecting or threats of subjecting a student to unwelcome sexual attention or conduct or intentionally making the student’s academic performance more difficult because of the student’s sex.
• Sexual or discriminatory displays or publications anywhere in the educational environment, such as:
o Displaying pictures, cartoons, posters, calendars, graffiti, objections, promotional materials, reading materials, or other materials that are sexually suggestive, sexually demeaning, or pornographic or bringing or possessing any such material to read, display or view in the educational environment.
o Reading publicly or otherwise publicizing in the educational environment materials that are in any way sexually revealing, sexually suggestive, sexually demeaning, or pornographic.
o Displaying signs or other materials purporting to segregate an individual by sex in an area of the educational environment (other than restrooms or similar rooms).
The illustrations of harassment and sexual harassment above are not to be construed as an all-inclusive list of prohibited acts under this Policy.
Title IX Coordinator
Learn4Life High School - Charleston
Dr. Tamela Brown
6209 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29404
(843) 666-6362
Section 504 Coordinator
Learn4Life High School - Charleston
Dr. Tamela Brown
6209 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29404
(843) 666-6362
Special Education Coordinator/Director
Dr. Nicola Lovelace
Director of Special Education
6209 Rivers Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29404
(843) 666-6362