Independent School District #742 (District) submitted an
agreement to resolve a Title VI complaint alleging harassment of Somali students
at the District's Apollo and Technical Senior High Schools. Prior to the conclusion
of the investigation, the District signed a Resolution Agreement in which it
agreed to take all reasonable steps to ensure that all students enrolled in
the District are not subject to harassment or discrimination on the basis of
race, color or national origin, and to respond promptly and appropriately to
all reports of harassment. To that end, the District agreed to take a number
of specific steps, including: (1) issuing an anti-harassment statement to all
District students, parents and staff; (2) reviewing and revising its harassment
and disciplinary policies and procedures to ensure they provide the District
sufficient options for responding promptly and appropriately to incidents of
harassment; (3) conducting training of District faculty, staff and students
on discrimination and harassment; (4 ) meeting with Somali high school students
to discuss their concerns about harassment; (5) maintaining a student committee
at each District high school to provide a forum for students to discuss matters
concerning harassment and suggest measures for improving the effectiveness
of the District's anti-harassment program; (6) establishing a working group
of District personnel, community representatives, parents and students to make
recommendations regarding the District's anti-harassment program; (7) developing
a District-wide age-appropriate orientation program for all students to address
harassment; (8) maintaining a district-level monitoring program to assess
the effectiveness of the District's anti-harassment efforts; and (9) providing
annual compliance reports to OCR while the Agreement is in effect.
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the Resolution Letter PDF (118K)
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the Resolution Agreement PDF (107K)