Aldine I.S.D. Teacher Handbook - Aldine Independent School District

STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND PREPARATION REGARDING HIV INFECTION
All district employees and volunteers shall receive inservice training and preparation regarding HIV infection, which
shall include information related to:
1. methods of transmission and methods of prevention of HIV infection;
2. laws and regulations related to the release of medical information, to the confidentiality of test results, and to
discrimination against persons infected with HIV;
3. state laws relating to the transmission and to conduct that may result in the transmission of HIV; and
4. community resources providing HIV education and services.
The inservice program shall be conducted annually at each school as a part of staff development. Employees not
assigned to a school shall be scheduled to receive this training and preparation at a designated site. The Program
Director of Health Services shall be responsible for the development of the inservice program.
SEXUAL HARASSMENT/SEXUAL ABUSE
It is the official policy of this school district that students and employees should be treated honorably and with respect
at all times. Students and employees should conduct themselves in a manner, which encourages and promotes positive,
wholesome relationships with others. The Board of Trustees recognizes that all persons should be free from
unwelcome, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate sexual advances and activity. Sexual advances, sexual remarks, or
sexual conduct are not appropriate in an educational environment, and the Board of Trustees will not tolerate sexual
harassment or sexual abuse of students or employees. If an administrator learns of inappropriate sexual behavior by
either students or employees toward others and such behavior is school-related, the administrator shall take appropriate
action. Employees who sexually harass students or other employees are subject to appropriate disciplinary measures,
including termination from employment. Employees who sexually abuse students will be terminated from
employment. Under no circumstances shall the alleged perpetrator be allowed to conduct the reporting conference or
the investigation or to be a reviewing official. Students who sexually harass or abuse employees or other students will
be disciplined according to the school district’s discipline management plan.
A. Notification of parents:
If an employee is alleged to have sexually harassed or sexually abused a student, the student’s parent shall be
notified. If allegations of sexual abuse are made by students against students, the students’ parents will be
notified. If allegations of sexual harassment are made by students against students, the students’ parents will
be notified if the allegations are not minor.
B. Sexual harassment by employees:
Employees shall not engage in any type of conduct that sexually harasses students or other employees,
including applicants for employment. An employee who engages in any sexually oriented conversations,
activities, contacts, or other conduct of a sexual nature with a student commits sexual harassment of the
student. Regardless of the student’s age or the consent of either the student or the student’s parent, employees
are prohibited from dating or courting students. An employee who engages in unwelcome sexually oriented
conversations, activities, or contacts with another employee commits sexual harassment of the employee if
submission to such conduct is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual’s
employment, if submission to or rejection of such conduct is used as the basis for employment decisions
affecting the individual, or if such conduct has the purpose or effect of unreasonably interfering with an
individual’s work performance or creating an intimidating, hostile, or offensive working environment.
C. Sexual harassment by students:
Students shall not engage in any type of conduct that sexually harasses employees or other students. A
student who engages in any unwanted or unwelcome sexually oriented conversations, activities, contacts, or
other conduct of a sexual nature with an employee or another student commits sexual harassment of that
person. Students are strongly discouraged from engaging in romantic relationships with employees, regardless
of the consent of the employee or the student’s parent.
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