Data Reporting of Hazing, Harassment, and Bullying (HHB), Sexual Harassment, and Sexual Assault¶

This page covers the questions about Data Reporting for: - Hazing, Harassment, and Bullying (HHB) through DC04 - Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault through DC04 - Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault through title IX

DC04 DISCIPLINE DATA – How do I report that a sexual harassment or sexual assault allegation was made but no investigation was conducted because no formal complaint was made under Title IX?¶

For sexual harassment, enter incident 15 – Harassment and indicate N for No in the Admin_Verified field. For sexual assault, report the incident in DC04 DISCIPLINE DATA when the allegation is made. If no formal complaint is made under Title IX, the school may remove this incident or recode it to a more appropriate incident type.

DC04 DISCIPLINE DATA – How do I report if a sexual harassment or sexual assault allegation was made but the Title IX grievance process is not complete by the date our data for the year must be certified?¶

For sexual harassment, you should wait until the grievance process is complete and a final determination is made to report the incident in the DC04 DISCIPLINE DATA data collection. You should indicate the result of the investigation in the Admin_Verified field in the incident table, indicating N for No if it was determined not to be a founded allegation of sexual harassment or Y for Yes if the allegation was verified by the investigation and final determination. For sexual assault, report the incident in DC04 DISCIPLINE DATA when the allegation is made. If the Title IX grievance process is completed in a subsequent school year after the data is certified, you should edit the data from the prior school year to remove this incident or recode it to a more appropriate incident type.

DC04 DISCIPLINE DATA – How do I report if a harassment, hazing, or bullying allegation was made but the HHB investigation is not complete by the date our data for the school year must be certified?¶

You should wait until the grievance process is complete and a final determination is made to report the incident in the DC04 DISCIPLINE DATA data collection. You should indicate the result of the investigation in the Admin_Verified field in the incident table in the subsequent school year when the HHB investigation is complete and a final determination has been made.

DC04 DISCIPLINE DATA – How do I report if a sexual assault allegation was made but the allegation was not verified by the Title IX investigation?¶

Report the incident in DC04 DISCIPLINE DATA when the sexual assault allegation is made. If the allegation is not verified by the Title IX grievance process, the school may remove this incident or recode it to a more appropriate incident type. Proposed edits to existing FAQs

DC04 DISCIPLINE DATA - Are districts required to report all harassment, hazing, or bullying complaints received, or just the ones that are investigated and verified?¶¶

Districts must report all complaints made of harassment, hazing, and bullying, whether they are or are not verified by the administration.

DC04 DISCIPLINE DATA - How should school districts differentiate between harassment, hazing, or bullying complaints in which the complaint is verified after an investigation and those which are found not to constitute harassment, hazing, or bullying?¶¶

If a complaint was made of “harassment, hazing, or bullying” but the school administrator determines, in their judgment, that the allegations are not consistent with the definitions of harassment, hazing, and/or bullying, then the incident should either not be reported or it should be reported consistent with a more appropriate type of incident.

If the school administration determined that, if true, the allegations would meet a definition of harassment, hazing, and/or bullying, then the incident should be reported. You should wait until the investigation is complete and a final determination is made before entering the harassment, hazing, or bullying report into DC04 DISCIPLINE DATA. The Admin_Verified field in the incident table should be used to indicate whether e harassment, hazing, or bullying complaint was verified. If the incident was not verified but the conduct more properly falls into another incident type, the incident should then also be reported under that incident type in DC04 DISCIPLINE DATA.