Unlawful Harassment and Discrimination of Students

This procedure aims to ensure that all students at Athens Technical College are provided with an environment free of unlawful harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.

All students and employees are prohibited from engaging in any form of unlawful harassing, discriminating, intimidating, or retaliatory behavior or conduct ("prohibited conduct") in all interactions, 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 from campus for such prohibited conduct.

Allegations of discrimination, harassment, or retaliation occurring at clinical sites assigned to students shall be investigated under this procedure.

Student complaints regarding sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual violence, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual exploitation, or stalking will be processed under the Sexual Harassment and Misconduct Procedure.

Any student or employee engaged in prohibited conduct will be subject to disciplinary action, 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 promptly and confidentially. Athens Technical College will not tolerate retaliation for having filed good faith harassment and/or discrimination complaints or for providing any information in an investigation. Any individual who retaliates against a person making a complaint or witness in an investigation will be subject to disciplinary action, including expulsion or dismissal.