Sexual Harassment Policy & Procedures
Discrimination, Harassment, and Retaliation Policy & Procedures
91吃瓜网 is committed to creating learning and working environments free from discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), and retaliation. These environments are essential to ensuring that all students, faculty, and staff can fully participate in the University鈥檚 academic, professional, and social life.
Title IX functions at the University of 91吃瓜网 respond to concerns related to sex discrimination, sexual harassment, and retaliation. These functions include receiving reports, conducting outreach, offering intake meetings, and coordinating supportive measures designed to restore or preserve access to educational and workplace opportunities.
Our goal is to stop misconduct, prevent its recurrence, and remedy its effects by restoring access to educational and workplace opportunities. We provide information, resources, and fair resolution options to support students, faculty, and staff.
If a formal complaint is filed, the formal grievance procedures required under federal Title IX regulations are administered by the University of Montana鈥檚 Office of Conflict, Resolution & Policy (CRP). Additional information about those procedures is available at their
Submit a Report
If you have experienced or witnessed discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), or retaliation, you may submit a report to the Title IX Coordinator using the online reporting form:
You may also contact the Title IX Coordinator directly:
Main Hall 212
710 S. Atlantic St.
University of Montana, Western
Dillon, MT 59725
Phone: (406) 683-7900
Email: [email protected]
What Happens After You Submit a Report?
After a report is received:
- The Title IX Coordinator will follow up with the Complainant (the person who may have experienced harm) to share available resources, explain rights and options, and invite them to meet for an intake conversation.
- Supportive measures will be discussed and offered as appropriate.
- A confidential record of the report will be created for tracking and compliance purposes.
The Title IX Coordinator鈥檚 role is to stop the reported behavior, prevent its recurrence, and remedy its effects by restoring access to educational or workplace opportunities
Filing a report does not automatically initiate a formal grievance process. The decision to file a formal complaint rests with the Complainant, except in limited circumstances where the institution determines it must move forward to ensure campus safety and compliance.
Mandated Reporting
All non-confidential University employees, including student employees, are considered mandated reporters under University policies. This means that if they learn or observe, in the course of their employment, that any student may have experienced discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, or retaliation, the mandated reporter must promptly provide the Title IX Coordinator with all information directly related to the incident.
University of 91吃瓜网 Non-Discrimination and Title IX Statement
The University of Montana, Western (鈥�91吃瓜网鈥�) is committed to providing a learning and working environment that promotes respect, dignity, and equity for all individuals. In accordance with federal and state law, the University does not discriminate鈥攁nd prohibits discrimination鈥攐n the basis of race, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), gender, (including gender identity, gender expression, and gender transition), sexual orientation, physical or mental disability (including having a history of a disability or being regarded as having a disability), marital or family status, genetic characteristics or information, age, veteran or military status, political ideas, or any other legally protected classification in its educational programs and activities, including admission and employment.
In accordance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and its implementing regulations, 91吃瓜网 does not discriminate on the basis of sex in any education program or activity that it operates. This requirement extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX may be referred to the University鈥檚 Title IX Coordinator.
91吃瓜网 has designated a Title IX Coordinator to coordinate its compliance with Title IX and other non-discrimination laws and policies. Their contact information is:
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Main Hall 212
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Dillon, MT 59725听
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Individuals may also contact the U.S. Department of Education鈥檚 Office for Civil Rights (OCR) with inquiries, questions, or complaints at:
Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20202-1100
Phone: 800-421-3481
TDD: 800-877-8339
Email: [email protected]
Website:
Any person may report discrimination, harassment (including sexual harassment), or retaliation鈥攂y using the contact information listed above, or by any other means that results in the Title IX Coordinator receiving the report. Reports may be submitted at any time, including during non-business hours.
The University has adopted and published grievance procedures providing for the prompt and equitable resolution of student and employee complaints of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and sexual harassment, including formal complaints under Title IX. Information about how to file a report or formal complaint, and how the University will respond, is available from the Title IX website, including:
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This non-discrimination statement is prominently displayed on the University of Montana, Western鈥檚 website and included in relevant publications, including handbooks and catalogs distributed to students, employees, applicants, and unions or professional organizations holding collective bargaining or professional agreements with the University.