c. Annual Policy Review
No later than the end of each calendar year, each institution’s Title IX Coordinator shall review and provide to NSHE suggestions for changes to this policy. NSHE shall review and consider the suggested changes and propose policy revisions to the Board of Regents, as appropriate, at the last regular Board meeting of the fiscal year.
a. Distribution of Policy
Annually, all employees shall be given a copy of this anti-discrimination policy, which may be provided electronically, and each institution shall maintain documentation that each employee received the anti-discrimination policy. New employees shall be given a copy of this policy at the time of hire and each institution’s Human Resources Office shall maintain documentation that each new employee received the policy.
Each institution shall provide this policy to its students at least annually and may do so electronically.
Each institution shall include this policy and complaint procedure on its website and in its general catalog.
b. Training on Prevention of Unlawful Discrimination and Harassment
Each institution shall provide ongoing training on the prevention of unlawful discrimination and harassment and shall designate a person or office to be responsible for such training.
Institutions must provide new students and new employees primary prevention and awareness training that promotes awareness of rape, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault and stalking as defined in this policy. The training must address safe and positive options for bystander intervention to prevent harm, including how to intervene in risky situations; the recognition of abusive behavior; and how to avoid potential attacks.
Within six months after an employee is initially appointed to NSHE, the employee shall receive training regarding the prevention of unlawful discrimination and harassment, including primary prevention and awareness training. At least once every two years after the appointment, an employee shall receive training concerning the prevention of unlawful discrimination and harassment.
Incoming freshmen and transfer students within their first semester of enrollment shall receive training regarding the prevention of unlawful discrimination and harassment, including primary prevention and awareness training.
See also Special Training with Regard to Sexual Violence in Subsection b of Subsection 3 of Subsection c below.