Meeting & Agendas

Attending: Cheryl Richard, Toniette Robinson, Jorge Lynch, Dr. Voncille Wright, Sandra Elizondo, Patricia Salazar, Michael Wade, Tamarah Mensch & Candice Brown Absent: James Hills(excused), & Sgt. Jesus Brantner, Karl Meyer, Shari Rodriquez (excused), Alisol Martinez, Dawn Allisol, James Hills, Jamie Powell

a. “Sexual Harassment/Violence Administrative Rule” 1. Committee agrees that the value statement in this administrative rule is appropriate and sets the tone for the entire rule. 2. This rule is focused on the student populations, as there is already a rule for employees. 3. If there is an approved school performance, such examples and/or types of sexual harassment are not violations of this administrative rule. 4. We agree that Passer-Byers have the right to not be offended. 5. The following question/ concerns will be sent to Dr. Kathleen Christensen for clarification, so that revisions can be made to the rule and be reviewed at the next meeting: a. Should there be a time limit set for complainants (students) to come forward with sexual harassment/sexual violence claims/allegations? If so, what is that time frame/limit? b. Dr. Christensen said there should be \''turnaround of 3 days\'' regarding these cases...does this mean a turnaround for college officials to begin investigations or is this \''3 days turnaround\'' the total amount of time it should take the college to investigate and resolve? The basic question – Is there a legal turnaround time limit for student sexual harassment complaints? i. The SRRC believes that a 10 business day turnaround is more appropriate/realistic. c. To protect students who do not want complaints to \''escalate\'' past a certain level, should there be a Disclaimer that states that if students make a sexual harassment/sexual violent complaint, are college officials required to provide this information to the appropriate parties for investigation to ensure the safety of all parties involved? d. Counselors are here to be advocates for all students, however, there are certain ethical standards that they must uphold; does this exclude them from revealing information that they may be given by a student about sexual harassment claims if they (students) do not want to escalate the complaint? e. Who are the college officials that must, by law, respond to student sexual harassment complaints?

a. Admission did a survey of students in 2004 to determine the demographics that could be released when requested by companies/agencies. 1. It is now time to review this information and survey students once again to update this list of demographics. 2. Linda will return on March 22nd, 2012 to discuss this in more depth and ask for input from the student representatives.

a. “SSSS: Title IX: Rethinking Student Discipline” by Dr. Louella Tate on Thursday, February, 23rd, 2012 at 1:00PM – 2:30PM, at Round Rock Campus room 1110.04

- Meeting adjourned by Cheryl Richard – 4:25PM.