Title IX, Education Amendments Act of 1972
Title IX of the Education Amendments Act of 1972 (Title IX) prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded educational programs or activities. Sexual harassment, which includes sexual violence, is a form of sex discrimination and will not be tolerated. Lamar State College Port Arthur will maintain an environment that promotes prompt reporting of all types of sexual misconduct and timely and fair resolution of sexual misconduct complaints. LSCPA will take prompt and appropriate action to eliminate sexual misconduct when such is committed, prevent its recurrence, and remedy its effects. Lamar State College Port Arthur has appointed Susan Cook as the Title IX Coordinator.
Joseph Hargrave, Title IX Coordinator
Student Center Office 204
409-984-6540
titleix@lamarpa.edu
Reporting Sexual Misconduct
LSCPA has procedures in place to sensitively respond to those who report relationship violence, sexual assault, sexual misconduct, and stalking, including informing individuals about their right to file criminal charges as well as the availability of assistance in the form of counseling, health, mental health, victim advocacy, legal assistance, visa and immigration assistance, and other services on and/or off campus, and additional remedies to prevent contact between a complainant and an accused party, such as housing, academic, transportation and working accommodations, if reasonably available. LSCPA will make such accommodations, if the victim requests them and if they are reasonable, regardless of whether the victim chooses to report the crime to local law enforcement. A victim may decline to notify local law enforcement; however, LSCPA will assist victims who choose to make such reports. When making a report to a law enforcement agency, a victim may use a pseudonym so that their name will not appear in public files.
Anyone wishing to report sexual misconduct should contact the Title IX Coordinator. Reports can be made on behalf of someone else or anonymously.
Students can make a confidential report to:
Laurie Marcantel, M.Ed., L.P.C., A.T.S.
Disability Services Coordinator
Student Success Center, Office 117
(409) 984-6241
marcantella@lamarpa.edu
Other reporting options, including the ability to make a report online, can be found at the Title IX website at https://www.lamarpa.edu/TitleIX.
Title IX Training
All incoming freshman and transfer students, faculty, and staff must complete training on sexual assault and violence prevention in compliance with Title IX and the Clery Act.
All incoming freshman and transfer students are required to complete the college's online Sexual Assault Prevention training during their first semester. The online training is approximately 2 hours in length and can be completed in multiple sessions. A link to our online training course is sent to the student's MyLSCPA email account and students may also access the training through MyLSCPA. Weekly reminders include the training link. Failure to complete this training may be considered a conduct violation and may impact a student’s ability to register for classes. The training course allows the student to work at their own pace and leave the course to return at a later time. When the student returns to the training session, the course will open to the page where they stopped.
More Information
Students may visit the college's Title IX website at https://www.lamarpa.edu/TitleIX for more information about:
- the complaint process
- additional reporting options
- awareness and outreach programs
- campus and local resources
- campus data reports
- educational and training resources