STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX

0240-09-08-.02 STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX.

(1) As required by law, no student, employee, or applicant for admission or employment will be excluded, on the basis of sex, from participation in, be denied the benefit of, or be subjected to discrimination under any Tennessee Tech education program or activity.

(2) If Tennessee Tech has actual knowledge of sexual harassment in an education program or activity against a person, Tennessee Tech will respond promptly in a manner that is not deliberately indifferent.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 49-8-101(a)(2)(A), 49-8-203(a)(1)(D), and 49-8-203(a)(4). Administrative History: Emergency rules filed August 14, 2020; effective through February 10, 2021. Emergency rules expired effective February 11, 2021, and the rules reverted to their previous statuses. New rules filed November 13, 2020; to have become effective February 11, 2021. However, a 75-day stay of the effective date of the

rules was filed January 15, 2021; new effective date to have been April 27, 2021. Withdrawal of the stay filed March 4, 2021; new effective date March 31, 2021.