age or religion, as prohibited by state and federal law. The University prohibits not only unlawful harassment, but also other unprofessional and discourteous actions that affect the professional and congenial work environment among faculty, staff, and students. For this reason, derogatory racial, ethnic, religious, ageist, sexual, or other inappropriate remarks, slurs, or jokes will not be tolerated.

Title IX Jurisdiction/Application:

The Title IX Policy applies:

• ●regardless of the status of the parties involved, be they non-members of the campus community, students, faculty, administrators, and/or staff.
• ●regardless of the gender, sexual orientation, race, national origin, disability, age, or religion of the individuals involved.
• ●Allegations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation that take place on Kentucky State property or at university-sponsored events, regardless of their location.
• ●Allegations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation that occur off-campus or to actions online when the appropriate office determines that the off-campus or online conduct could have an on-campus effect or impact on the educational mission of the University.

The University’s response may be limited if any party is a guest or is not subject to the University’s jurisdiction, however the University will make a good faith effort to treat incidents that involve guests or that happen off campus in the same manner that it treats incidents of on-campus conduct involving students.

The University will take steps to be certain these equal opportunity policies are available to all students, faculty and staff through annual distribution. Upon request, policies can be translated for those with disabilities and/or English language learners.

Mandatory Reporting

Kentucky State University requires all employees to be “mandatory reporters” of all discriminatory incidents. For the purposes of Title IX, this means employees who become aware of alleged incidents involving at least one KSU student or guest that may constitute discrimination, harassment, or sexual misconduct are required to inform the Title IX Coordinator of any and all details they have heard about the incident. These details can include the names of the alleged perpetrator(s), complainant(s), witnesses;