Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance. Title IX states, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance[.]” All federal agencies that provide grants of financial assistance are required to enforce Title IX’s nondiscrimination mandate. The U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Office for Civil Rights plays a leading role in enforcing this law by investigating complaints and potentially terminating federal funding for non-compliant institutions.
Examples of the types of discrimination that are covered under Title IX include but are not limited to: sex-based harassment; sexual violence; pregnancy discrimination; the failure to provide equal athletic opportunity; sex-based discrimination in a school’s science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses and programs; discriminatory application of dress code policies and/or enforcement; and retaliation.
Georgia Piedmont Technical College has participated in the following training courses per Title IX requirements.
2021
Contacts for Reporting and Assistance
Title IX and Title VI Coordinator/Equal Opportunity (EEO) Compliance Officer
Pamela Saulsbury
Executive Director of Human Resources
Building A, Room 157, Clarkston Campus
(404) 297-9522, ext. 1210
saulsburyp@gptc.edu
ADA/Section 504 Coordinator/Special Populations
Calvin Kennebrew
Coordinator of Disability Services
(404) 297-9522, ext. 1155
kennebrewc@gptc.edu