RULE NUMBER: Policy 5.81.

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To update the procedures for investigation and resolution of allegations of sexual harassment of, or discrimination against, students.

SUMMARY: This revision clarifies the grievance and investigation procedures to be used by the District when students allege that a student or an employee has subjected him/her to sexual harassment or discrimination; updates the various levels of appeal available to the aggrieved student or accused person; various technical changes.

SPECIFIC RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: §§ 230.22(2); 230.23(22); 230.23005(6), Fla. Stat.

LAWS IMPLEMENTED: §§ 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1688 (Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972); 20 U.S.C. § 1232g et seq. ("FERPA"); and §§ 119.07(3)(p); 228.2001(2)(a), (b); 228.093(3)(d); 230.22(1), (2); 230.23(6)(d)8; 231.001; 231.291(3)(a); 231.262(1), Fla. Stat.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COST (IF ONE HAS BEEN PREPARED): None. Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or to provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative, must do so in writing within 21 days of the publication of this Notice.

TEXT OF PROPOSED RULE: Is available from the District's website at www.SchoolBoardPolicies.com/revisions.htm (or from Office of Public Affairs, 3336 Forest Hill Blvd. Ste. B-102, West Palm Beach, FL 33406).

CONTACT PERSON: Dr. Joseph Orr, 3340 Forest Hill Blvd. C-316, West Palm Beach, FL 33406.

PERSONS ORIGINATING THE PROPOSED RULE REVISION: Dr. Mary Ann DuPont and Randall Burks.

SUPERVISOR OR PERSON WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Dr. Art Johnson.

DATE PROPOSED RULE WAS APPROVED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD: July 8, 2002.

PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT NOTICE WAS PUBLISHED: May 27, 2002, in the Palm Beach Post.

RULE HEARING: Adoption of the proposed Policy will be considered at the School Board's Special Meeting on Policies on August 19, 2002, in the Board Chambers at 3300 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach, Fla. The meeting is open to the public.