What We Do
Coordination
Responsible for coordinating the district’s response to all reports of discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct and retaliation based on Protected Categories against student and adult Covered Individuals, including assigning investigations, coordinating resources, supportive measures, and alternate remedies to full investigations.
Investigations
EOCO handles allegations of adult-to-adult and student-to-adult discrimination, harassment, and retaliation on the basis of Protected Categories such as religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, as well as sexual harassment and sexual misconduct.
Compliance and Training
Responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring effective training and compliance programs that comply with Title VII and Title IX and address the management of related data.
File a Report Online
Use the link below to report one of the following allegations against a Covered Individual Adult, which are prohibited by Title IX and CPS policy:
- sexual harassment (including Title VII)
- race, color, or national origin discrimination (Title VI), discrimination based on another protected category
- retaliation (related to a complaint of discrimination or harassment)
This report can also be used to report incidents of
- race, color, or national origin discrimination (Title VI),
- discrimination based on another protected category,
- bias based harm,
- staff to student physical abuse or corporal punishment,
- retaliation,
- sports inequity,
- or academic inequity.
Who is a covered individual?
All employees, students, contractors, consultants, vendors, volunteers, visitors, applicants for employment or members of the Bd. of Ed. of the City of Chicago or local school council are Covered Individuals subject to the Non-Discrimination Policy.
The Report Form should be used by students, parents or guardians, members of the public, and charter school staff who do not have access to ASPEN.
File by Email
File by Telephone
Submit complaints to 773-535-4400.
File In Person or By Mail
Submit complaints directly to OSP in person or via USPS mail to 110 N. Paulina St., Chicago, 60612.
What We Investigate
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Discrimination
Treating an individual less favorably because of their actual or perceived membership in one or more of the Protected Categories.
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Harassment
Unwelcome verbal, nonverbal, visual, or physical conduct that that is persistent, pervasive, or severe and objectively offensive and unreasonably interferes with, limits, or denies an individual’s educational or employment access, benefits, or opportunities and is based on an individual’s actual or perceived membership in one or more of the Protected Categories.
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Sexual Harassment
Conduct on the basis of sex that involves: (1) An employee of the recipient conditioning the provision of an aid, benefit, or service of the recipient on an individual’s participation in unwelcome sexual conduct; and/or (2) Unwelcome conduct, determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the educational program or activity; or (3) Sexual assault “dating violence”, and “domestic violence.”
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Retaliation
Adverse action or changes to employment, educational program or activity, taken against a Covered Individual for making a complaint or report, aiding, participating, or refusing to participate in an investigation, proceeding or hearing of Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Harassment or Sexual Misconduct, whether made internally, or externally with a federal, state, or local agency.
For additional information about these topics please refer to the Board’s Comprehensive Non-Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct and Retaliation Policy.
Training for Staff
As required by the Final Title IX Rule, all materials used to train Title IX Coordinators, investigators, decision-makers, and any person who facilitates an informal resolution process must be made publicly available on this website.
Any inquiries regarding the application of Title IX should be addressed to the District’s Chief Title IX Officer at 110 N. Paulina St., Chicago, Illinois 60612; Telephone: 773-535-4400; Email: osp@cps.edu and/or to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), U.S. Department of Education, 230 South Dearborn Street, 37th Floor, Chicago, Illinois, 60604, Telephone: 312-730-1560; Email: OCR.Chicago@ed.gov.
For information about filing a request for reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, or for requests for Sign Language Interpreter services, please use your CPS credentials to log into the CPS Americans with Disabilities Act and Compliance Office website.