Title IX

Illinois Valley Community College (IVCC) is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy educational and employment environment that is free from harassment and other forms of discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation, gender-related identity and expression, pregnancy, and other protected characteristics related to sex under federal, state, or local law. The College prohibits all forms of sex-based misconduct, including, but not limited to, sex discrimination, sexual harassment, sexual violence, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking. The College also prohibits discrimination and harassment based on protected characteristics under Board Policy 06.21 Non-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment.

It is the policy of IVCC to comply with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (“Title IX”), the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (“VAWA”), Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act (“Clery Act”), the Preventing Sexual Violence in Higher Education Act, and all other applicable laws and local ordinances regarding unlawful sex-based discrimination, harassment or other misconduct.

Employees or students found to have engaged in prohibited misconduct will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including, termination and/or expulsion from the College. Contractors, visitors, and any other third parties found to have engaged in prohibited misconduct will be addressed in accordance with the authority of the College in the context of the relationship of the third-party to the College.

Title IX Coordinator

Mark Grzybowski, Mark_Grzybowski@ivcc.edu 815-224-0393

2025 Training

All Investigators and Coordinators completed the following training for a total of 486 minutes (480 required)

  • 5 Essentials to Title IX Investigations (30 min)
  • Title IX Evidence Collection: Strategies to Ensure a Complete Investigation (1:45 including questions)
  • Develop a Questioning Plan for Your Title IX Investigations (2 hours)
  • Overcoming Bias in your Title IX Investigative Process (60 minutes including questions)
  • The 5 stages of Preparing your TIX Investigative Report (2:51)

All training provided by and tracked through Academic Impressions. This training is protected by copyright for posting. For additional information, contact the Title IX Coordinator, Mark Grzybowski at 815-224-0393

Completers

  • Crystal Credi
  • Jon Hubbell
  • Eric Johnson
  • Vicki Trier
  • Mark Grzybowski
  • MaryBeth Herron

Training Materials

IVCC Board of Trustee Policy 6.13

Board Policy 06.22 Prohibiting Sex-Based Misconduct (PDF)

Institutional Procedure 06.22.00 Sexual Misconduct, Sexual and Other Harassment (PDF)

Sexual Misconduct, Sexual and Other Harassment (PDF)

IDHR Sexual Harassment Poster (various campus locations)

Confidential Reporting

 

Role is the role in the incident (victim, witness, alleged)
If this is a discrimination or harassment complaint, please indicate the protected status(es) that is/are the basis of the alleged behavior:*
Have you taken any action to stop the behavior*

 

shortcut URL www.ivcc.edu/titleix