Discrimination Prevention & Response
and Title IX

DPS does not condone or tolerate discrimination or harassment based on protected class, and strives to create learning and working environments that are truly affirming and inclusive. Our prohibition on discrimination and harassment extends to admission and employment. Through enforcement of the policy and regulations linked below, the District seeks to prevent and correct any discriminatory behavior, breaking historical patterns of inequity, not by accident, but by design.

Board Policy AC is our nondiscrimination policy. It is the overarching policy that applies to students, employees, applicants for employment, and community members. Our notice of nondiscrimination can be found here. 

Our Discrimination Prevention and Response (DPR) process is fully outlined in Superintendent Regulation AC-R1, which provides applicable definitions and the steps we take when we receive complaints alleging harassment or discrimination based on protected class, absent those that implicate Title IX and those related to reasonable accommodations and the provision of Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE).

Concerns and Complaints that implicate Title IX of the Education Amendments are detailed in Superintendent Regulation AC-R3, which includes definitions for sex-based discrimination and sexual harassment, and the process we follow when Title IX Concerns are reported, as well as when formal Complaints are filed. 

If you are a student, parent, community member, or employee who needs to raise a concern of harassment or discrimination, please first contact the school or department where the conduct took place so we can address your concern at the site level immediately. Otherwise, parents and community members may contact the Office of Family and Community Engagement (FACE) at 720-423-3054. DPR concerns may be shared through this form. Title IX Concerns may be reported through this form and after speaking with a Title IX Coordinator, formal complaints may be filed through this form. Title IX Concerns and Complaints may also be raised with the Title IX Coordinator, Kristin Bailey, at the contact information provided below.

DPR Complaint Form

File a DPR complaint form to alert us to a concern about harassment or discrimination based on a protected class.

Title IX Concern

File a Title IX Concern form to alert us to a concern about sexual harassment, including quid pro quo harassment, sexual assault, domestic or dating violence, or stalking. Complainants can use this form to request Supportive Measures and talk with a Title IX Coordinator about the option to file a formal Complaint.

Title IX Complaint

File a Title IX Complaint form if you have experienced sexual harassment, including quid pro quo harassment, sexual assault, domestic or dating violence or stalking, and you would like to initiate the formal grievance process to address the incident.

If you aren’t sure if you’d like to pursue the formal grievance process and would like to talk to a Title IX Coordinator about your options, including how to access Supportive Measures, you are welcome to use the Title IX Concern form instead.

Kristin Bailey

Discrimination Prevention and Response Coordinator
Title IX Coordinator

1860 Lincoln Street
Suite 1230
Denver, CO 80203

Email: kristin_bailey@dpsk12.org
Phone: 720-423-2355

Catherine Lhamon

U.S. Department of Education
Office for Civil Rights
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-1100

Phone: 1-800-421-3481
Fax: 202-453-6012
TDD: 1-800-877-8339
Email: OCR@ed.gov

If you would like additional information on the implementation of Title IX or other key civil rights laws or to file a complaint, you may reach the Acting Assistant Secretary for the Department of Education.