Title IX
Overview
The Board prohibits, at any district school or school activity, unlawful discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, intimidation, and bullying, targeted at any student by anyone, based on the student's actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, nationality, national origin, immigration status, ethnic group identification, ethnicity, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or genetic information, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. If you want to report unlawful discrimination, please reach out to our Title IX Coordinator, Dr. Andrés Santamaría, Director of Student Support Services, at 201 S. Steckel Drive, Santa Paula, CA 93060, (805) 933-8843, and titleIX@santapaulausd.org.
The Santa Paula Unified School District (SPUSD) prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment) or bullying based on a person’s actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, immigration status, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics in its program or activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.
Definition of discrimination and harassment based on sex as described in Section 230 of California Education Code: View here
The following employees have been designated Equity Compliant Officers to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Dr. Andrés Santamaría, Title IX Coordinator/504 Coordinator (805) 933-8843, titleIX@
Superintendent or Designee, District Discrimination, Equity, and Title IX Compliance Officer
Contact Dr. Andrés Santamaría:
201 S. Steckel Dr., Santa Paula, CA 93060
(805) 933-8843
For more information on Title IX, please click here.
For more information on board policy related to hate-motivated behavior, please click here.
Frequently Asked Questions
- WHAT IS TITLE IX?
- What rights do I have under Title IX?
- How does SPUSD respond to discrimination complaints?
- How does spusd investigate complaints?
- What is the TITLE IX - SEX BASED NONDISCRIMINATION STATUTE?
- Where can students/parents obtain further information or assistance?