Title IX

The following personnel share primary responsibility for the implementation of Title IX Policy and Procedures. Reports can also be filed directly to the Title IX Coordinator listed below from your campus.

Cañada College

Max Hartman, Dean of Counseling, Title IX Coordinator
email:  hartmanmax@smccd.edu • phone: 650.306-3132

College of San Mateo

Dr. Joshua Moon-Johnson, Vice President of Student Services, Title IX Coordinator
email: moonjohnsonj@smccd.edu • phone: 650.574.6118

Skyline College

Dr. Newin Orante, Vice President of Student Support & Title IX Coordinator 

email: oranten@smccd.edu • phone: 650.738.4333

SMCCCD

Mwanaisha A. Sims, Director of Policy, Training and Compliance
email: simsm@smccd.edu • phone: 650.358.6808

 

Reporting Options

You have the right to decide whom and when to tell about what happened. Should you decide to report the incident to law enforcement, the Title IX Coordinator can assist you. It is also your right to have a support person (such as a sexual assault victim advocate, friend, or family member) with you while you report the incident to law enforcement and/or the Title IX Coordinator or designee.

The District’s primary concern is your safety and the safety of our campus community. If you have been affected by or witnessed sexual misconduct, you should not be discouraged from reporting the incident because you are concerned that you might be subject to disciplinary action for related student conduct violations, of drug or alcohol use. Unless the District finds the violations egregious, including, but not limited to, an action that places the health of safety of any other person at risk or involves plagiarism, cheating, or academic dishonesty, affected parties will not be subject to disciplinary action.

 

CRIMINAL REPORTING

SMCCCD Public Safety: 650- 738-7000/ 24-hour dispatch to report on campus/near campus, sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking, or threats of any of these. ** For an emergency requiring the police or fire department, dial 9-1-1**

Local Law Enforcement (police, sheriff)
To report off campus sexual assault, domestic or dating violence, or stalking, or threats of any of these, contact the law enforcement for the location of the incident.

Both Local Law Enforcement and SMCCCD Public Safety will:

• Help you to obtain medical assistance
• Help you obtain Emergency Protective Orders if appropriate
• Conduct a criminal investigation if appropriate and requested
• In the event of an arrest, help you obtain court order to protect you
• Connect you with community support services

 

ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTING

Filing a Complaint with the SMCCCD Title IX Office:

To report any sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking, or threats of any of these committed by a student, staff, faculty, or other member of the campus community, with or without filing a police report and whether on or off campus, contact the Title IX Coordinator or Deputy Title IX Coordinators. You can also submit an ONLINE REPORT.

Retaliation is prohibited against any person who assists someone with a report of sexual misconduct, or participates in any manner in an investigation or resolution of the sexual misconduct report. Retaliation includes threats, intimidation, reprisals, and/or adverse actions related to employment or education.

MANDATORY REPORTERS - As a reminder, all SMCCCD faculty members, staff members and administrators, who learn of suspected instances of discrimination, sexual harassment or sexual misconduct, directly or indirectly, have a DUTY TO REPORT the information immediately to the District Title IX Coordinator or the Deputy Title IX Coordinator at your campus.

As a recipient of federal funds, the District is subject to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 which prohibits discrimination based on sex in education programs and activities.  Title IX protects students, employees, applicants for admission and employment, and other persons from all forms of sex discrimination, including discrimination based on gender identity or failure to conform to stereotypical notions of masculinity or femininity. All students, (as well as other persons) at the District are protected by Title IX—regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, part- or full-time status, disability, race, or national origin—in all aspects of the District’s educational programs and activities.  The essence of Title IX is that an institution may not exclude, separate, deny benefits to, or otherwise treat differently any person on the basis of sex.