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Policy Statements

Administrative Policy Statement 5014: Sexual Misconduct, Intimate Partner Violence, and Stalking

Category: Harassment Policies
School: University of Colorado Boulder
Statement Rating: Green
Last updated: June 8, 2021

Relevant excerpt

Q. Title IX Sexual Harassment: means unwelcome conduct on the basis of sex that satisfies one or more of the following: … 2. Hostile Environment: Unwelcome conduct determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the university’s education program or activity; …

R. Title IX Hostile Environment: Unwelcome conduct, on the basis of sex, determined by a reasonable person to be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person equal access to the university’s education program or activity. Mere offensive nonsexual conduct is not enough to create a hostile environment.

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