Title IX

Terms & Definitions

We have compiled the following definitions and terminology to help you understand our sexual harassment policies and and procedures.

A Complainant is an individual who alleges he/she/they is the victim of conduct
that could constitute sexual harassment.

A Respondent is an individual reported to be the perpetrator of conduct that
could constitute sexual harassment. 

Advisor: The role of the Advisor is to provide support and assistance in understanding and navigating the
investigation process.

Butte-Glenn Community College District Nondiscrimination and Anti-Harassment Policy & Procedures

Sexual Harrassment Under Title IX

Conduct that satisfies one or more of the following:

• A District employee conditions the provision of an aid, benefit, or service of the District
on an individual’s participation in unwelcome sexual conduct (quid pro quo harassment);

• 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 District’s
education program or activity;

• Sexual assault, including the following:

Sex Offenses: Any sexual act directed against another person, without the
consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving
consent.

Rape (except Statutory Rape): The carnal knowledge of a person, without the
consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving
consent because of his/her/their age or because of his/her/their temporary or
permanent mental or physical incapacity. There is carnal knowledge if there is the
slightest penetration of the genital or anal opening of the body of another person.

Sodomy: Oral or anal sexual intercourse with another person, without the
consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is incapable of giving
consent because of his/her/their age or because of his/her/their temporary or
permanent mental or physical incapacity.

Sexual Assault with an Object: To use an object or instrument to unlawfully
penetrate, however slightly, the genital or anal opening of the body of another
person, without the consent of the victim, including instances where the victim is
incapable of giving consent because of his/her/their age or because of
his/her/their temporary or permanent mental or physical incapacity. An "object" or
"instrument" is anything the offender uses other than the offender's genitalia, e.g.,
a finger, bottle, handgun, stick.

Fondling: The touching of the private body parts of another person for the
purpose of sexual gratification, without the consent of the victim, including
instances where the victim is incapable of giving consent because of his/her/their
age or because of his/her/their temporary or permanent mental or physical
incapacity.

Sex Offenses, Non-Forcible Unlawful, Non-Forcible Sexual Intercourse:

▪ Incest: Non-Forcible sexual intercourse between persons who are related to each
other within the degrees wherein marriage is prohibited by law.

▪ Statutory Rape – Non-Forcible: Sexual intercourse with a person who is under
the statutory age of consent. There is no force or coercion used in Statutory Rape;
the act is not an attack.

Dating violence: Violence against a person who is or has been in a social
relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim. The existence of a
relationship will be determined based on a consideration of the following factors:
the length of the relationship, the type of relationship, and the frequency of
interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.

Domestic Violence: Violence committed:
▪ By a current or former spouse or intimate partner of the victim;
▪ By a person with whom the victim shares a child in common;
▪ By a person who is cohabitating with, or has cohabitated with, the victim
as a spouse or intimate partner;
▪ By a person similarly situated to a spouse of the victim under the
domestic or family violence laws of California; or
▪ By any other person against an adult or youth victim protected from that
person’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of California.

Stalking: Engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that
would cause a reasonable person to fear for his/her/their safety or the safety of
others or suffer substantial emotional distress.