Unlawful Harassment and Discrimination of Students
It is the policy of the Georgia Northwestern Technical College (GNTC) that all students shall be provided an environment free of unlawful harassment (including sexual harassment and sexual violence), discrimination, and retaliation.
All students and employees are expressly prohibited from engaging in any form of unlawful harassing, discriminating, intimidating or retaliatory behavior or conduct (“prohibited conduct”) in all interactions with each other, whether or not the interaction occurs during class or on or off campus. Visitors to campuses also shall not engage in prohibited conduct and may be barred for such prohibited conduct if other corrective measures are ineffective. Allegations of prohibited conduct occurring at clinical sites to which students are assigned shall be investigated in accordance with this procedure.
Any individual who has engaged in prohibited conduct will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including expulsion or dismissal. Nothing in this procedure shall be interpreted to interfere with any person’s right to free speech as provided by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America.
All students are encouraged to report any prohibited conduct. Reports will be treated in an expeditious and confidential manner.
GNTC will not tolerate retaliation for having filed a good faith harassment and/or discrimination complaint or for having provided any information in an investigation. Any individual who retaliates against a complainant or witness in an investigation will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including expulsion or dismissal.
Any individual who knowingly makes a false charge of unlawful harassment/discrimination or retaliation, or who is untruthful during an investigation may be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including expulsion or dismissal.
GNTC follows procedures specified by the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) for reports of unlawful harassment and discrimination of students.
Report complaints concerning Unlawful Harassment (inclucing sexual harassment and sexual violence) to:
Brittany Elrod
Director Accessibility Services
Section 504 and ADA Coordinator, Title IX and Equity Coordinator
Walker County Campus, Room Adm-231
265 Bicentennial Trail
Rock Spring, GA 30739
belrod@gntc.edu
706-764-3832