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
Responsible for leading investigations for allegations of discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, and retaliation based on Protected Categories against students, Covered Individuals and any employee misconduct related to those investigations. Also responsible for leading investigations for allegations of physical/verbal abuse, corporal punishment, and other allegations of employee misconduct at the discretion of the Chief Title IX Officer.
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.
Online Complaint Form
Please use this Online Complaint Form to report allegations of discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, sexual misconduct and/or retaliation with respect to Covered adults, based on membership in a Protected Category.
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.
How to File a Complaint
Online
Complete and submit an Online Complaint Form
Via Email
Submit complaints to eoco@cps.edu
Via Telephone
Submit complaints to 773-553-1013
In Person or By Mail
Submit complaints directly to EOCO in person or via USPS mail to ATTN: EOCO, 110 N. Paulina St., Chicago, Illinois 60612
If you are a CPS Administrator completing this form, whether as a complainant or a reporter, you still MUST enter the incident into ASPEN in addition to submitting this form, as required by CPS 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 visit the CPS Americans with Disabilities Act and Compliance Office website.