Employees are prohibited from establishing or attempting to establish an inappropriate personal relationship with students. An inappropriate personal relationship between an employee and a student is defined as including, but is not limited to: dating; any touching of an intimate or sexual nature, sexual contact or sexual relations, any touching otherwise prohibited by law or objected to by the student; giving a gift having a sexual overtone, making comments of a sexual nature or reflecting sexual innuendo to or about a student; any conduct considered to be 鈥済rooming鈥 of such student, or any similar activity,听including but not limited to using non-approved personal communication systems to communicate with students.听
鈥淕rooming鈥 shall be construed as any behavior or conduct that attempts to build trust with the student and any individuals close to the student with the ultimate goal of engaging in sexual contact or sexual penetration with the student, regardless of when in the student鈥檚 life that such contact or penetration would take place.
Any employee who has knowledge or reasonably suspects that another employee may have engaged in prohibited conduct as defined by this policy and rule听shall immediately report this information to either the employee鈥檚 supervisor, the student鈥檚 principal or the Associate Superintendent for Human Resources.听
All District employees shall be required to annually review this Policy and Rule 4153.1 and acknowledge that they received and understand the policy and rule.
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