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Title IX

What is Title IX?

Title IX protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive Federal financial assistance.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which states:

No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

More details: Title IX and Sex Discrimination

Title IX at TCC

The District prohibits all forms of sexual and gender-based misconduct, including sexual harassment, sexual violence (nonconsensual sexual contact and nonconsensual sexual intercourse), sexual assault, sexual exploitation, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and aiding or facilitating the commission of a violation of this policy. 

The District also prohibits hostile environment harassment, which includes acts of verbal, nonverbal, or physical aggression, intimidation, or hostility based on sex or gender.

Sexual and gender-based misconduct can occur between people of different sex or gender or of the same sex or gender.

Retaliation against anyone involved in the complaint process is a violation of District policy and is prohibited.

Students

Discrimination against a student is defined as conduct directed at a student on the basis of sex that adversely affects the student. See FFDA (Local).

Policies

  • FFDA (Local) addresses complaints of sex discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, stalking, and retaliation targeting students, including claims against other students, employees, and third parties. 
  • FA (Legal) is legally referenced material relating to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.

Employees

Discrimination against an employee is defined as conduct directed at an employee on the basis of sex or gender that adversely affects the employee’s employment. See DIAA (Local).

An employee who believes that he or she has experienced prohibited conduct or believes that another employee has experienced prohibited conduct should immediately report the alleged acts. The employee may report the alleged acts to his or her immediate supervisor.

Alternatively, the employee may report the alleged acts to one of the District officials below. For the purposes of this policy, District officials are the Title IX coordinator and the coordinator for reports of all other forms of discriminatory harassment and/or retaliation.

The District prohibits discrimination, including harassment, against any employee on the basis of sex or gender. Retaliation against anyone involved in the complaint process is a violation of District policy.

Policies

  • DAA (Legal) is legally referenced material relating to employee complaints of sex and gender discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual violence, and retaliation.
  • DIAA (Legal) addresses sex discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual assault, and retaliation targeting employees.
  • DIAA (Local) addresses employee complaints of sex and gender discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual violence, and retaliation.

District Title IX Coordinator

The District designates the following person to coordinate its efforts to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination and harassment of students, employees, third parties, visitors, and guests.

Name: Ricardo Coronado, Ph.D., SPHR 
Position: Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources/District Title IX Coordinator
Address: 1500 Houston Street Fort Worth, TX 76102-6599 
Telephone: 817-515-5234
Email: ricardo.coronado@tccd.edu

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Report Sexual Misconduct

Anyone may contact our Title IX Coordinator or submit an Incident Reporting Form.

Student complaints may also be addressed to the Deputy Coordinator assigned to the specific campus. 

For complete policy and process information regarding incidents involving a student as a responding party, please refer to our Sexual Misconduct Protocol.

Employees & Students

Title IX Coordinator

Ricardo Coronado, Ph.D., SPHR
Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
Tarrant County College District
May Owen Center, DMOC 2107F
1500 Houston Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-515-5234
Fax: 817-515-0993
ricardo.coronado@tccd.edu

Title IX Compliance Officer / Deputy Title IX Coordinator

Kateeka Harris, M.A.
Title IX Compliance Officer
Office of Human Resources
Tarrant County College District
May Owen Center, DMOC 1109C
1500 Houston Street
Fort Worth, TX  76102
817-515-5320
Fax:  817-515-0421
kateeka.harris@tccd.edu

Employees

Deputy Title IX Coordinators

Megan E. Mills, MSHRM
Director of Employee Relations
Office of Human Resources
Tarrant County College District
May Owen Center, DMOC 2107G
1500 Houston Street
Fort Worth, TX  76102
817-515-5427
Fax: 817-515-0908
megan.mills@tccd.edu

Roderick Willis MBA, SHRM-CP
Coordinator, Employee Support
Employee Relations/Office of Human Resources
Tarrant County College District
May Owen Center, DMOC 1109D
1500 Houston Street
Fort Worth, TX  76102
817-515-5275
Fax: 817-515-0981
roderick.willis@tccd.edu

Students

Deputy Title IX Coordinators

Northeast Campus, Collegiate Academy & Haltom City Northeast Center

Debra Lamb, MBA
Coordinator of Student Support
Office of Vice President for Student Development Services
Tarrant County College District
Northeast Campus, NADM 1302B
828 Harwood Road
Hurst, TX 76054
817-515-6649
Fax: 817-515-0965
debra.lamb@tccd.edu

Northwest Campus, Marine Creek Collegiate High School & Northwest Center of Excellence for Aviation, Transportation, and Logistics

Leon Minor, M.S.
Coordinator of Student Support
Office of Vice President for Student Development Services
Tarrant County College District
Northwest Campus, WCTS 1111B
4801 Marine Creek Parkway
Fort Worth, TX  76179
817-515-7141
Fax: 817-515-7306
leon.minor@tccd.edu

South Campus, Crowley Center & Fort Worth ISD Collegiate High School

Belinda Lopez, MBA
Coordinator of Student Support
Office of Vice President for Student Development Services
Tarrant County College District
South Campus, SSTU 1105
5301 Campus Drive
Fort Worth, TX  76119
817-515-4827
belinda.lopez@tccd.edu

Southeast Campus, Arlington ISD Collegiate High School & The Opportunity Center

Kecia Baker, M.S.
Coordinator of Student Support
Office of Vice President of Student Development Services
Tarrant County College District
Southeast Campus, ESED 2313C
2100 Southeast Parkway
Arlington, TX  76018
817-515-3215
Fax: 817-515-0495
vekeisha.baker@tccd.edu

Trinity River Campus, Trinity River Campus East, Texas Academy of Biomedical Sciences (TABS) & TCC Connect

Tim Cason, M.Ed.
Coordinator of Student Support
Office of Vice President for Student Development Services
Tarrant County College District
Trinity River Campus, TRTR 2004A
300 Trinity Campus Circle
Fort Worth, TX  76102
817-515-1331
Fax:  817-515-0653
timothy.cason@tccd.edu

Report to the Department of Education

To report a complaint directly to the Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights, contact:

Office for Civil Rights
Dallas Office
U.S. Department of Education
1999 Bryan Street, Suite 1620
Dallas, Texas 75201-6810

Telephone: 214-661-9600
TDD: 800-877-8339
Fax: 214-661-9587
Email:OCR.Dallas@ed.gov

Updated January 25, 2018