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Gwinnett County Public Schools

Student Title IX Complaint Procedure

The Gwinnett County Board of Education (“Board”) is committed to providing an environment free of all forms of discrimination and/or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, or disability. If you believe you or your child is being treated unfairly based on any of these impermissible grounds, you have a complaint and a remedy. To file a complaint of discrimination or harassment, students and/or parents should utilize the Student Complaints and Grievances procedure, Procedure P.JCE, which is summarized on this page and is available online at the following location: https://www.gcpsk12.org/about-us/careers/hr-support/title-ix-nondiscrimination-policies.

Step I: Contact the local school’s Title IX Coordinator to file a complaint and provide a factual basis for any allegation(s) of unfair treatment. The local Title IX Coordinator will conduct an investigation and issue a written letter of findings. If dissatisfied with the resolution of the matter, the student or parent may request a meeting with the school principal.

Step II: If, after meeting with the school principal, the student and/ or parent is not satisfied with the local school’s decision, a written appeal may be submitted to the Department of Employee Relations-Title IX using the contact information provided on this page. Appeals must be submitted within ten (10) business days after notice of the local school’s final decision. The appeal must give specific reasons for reconsideration, state precisely the reasons for dissatisfaction with the decision, and be limited to the matter under review. The decision of the Department of Employee Relations-Title IX shall be final.

Inquiries about the application of Title IX be referred to the Gwinnett County Public Schools’ Title IX Coordinator, the Office for Civil Rights, or both. The Gwinnett County Public Schools’ Title IX Coordinator’s contact information is as follows:

Ivy B. Gardner, JD, MBA

Director of District Title IX Compliance

Gwinnett County Public Schools

Division of Human Resources & Talent Management

437 Old Peachtree Road, NW 

Suwanee, GA 30024

Email: Ivy.Gardner@gcpsk12.org 

Phone: (678) 301- 6175