05- 071 C.M.R. ch. 4, § 19

Current through 2024-25, June 19, 2024
Section 071-4-19 - SEXUAL HARASSMENT

Harassment on the basis of sex shall be unlawful educational discrimination within the meaning of Title 5, § 4602. This shall include unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature in the following situations:

(1) Submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of a student's educational benefits;
(2) Submission to or rejection of such conduct by a student is used as the basis for decisions on educational benefits;
(3) Such conduct has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual's academic performance or creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive educational environment.

05- 071 C.M.R. ch. 4, § 19