| (a) Coordinating Board or Board--The Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board.
(b) Course and Scope of Employment--means an employee
performing duties in the furtherance of the institution's interests.
(c) "Dating violence," "sexual assault," and "stalking"
have the same meanings assigned by the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of
Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (20 U.S.C.
Section 1092 (f)(6)(A)).
(d) Postsecondary educational institution--an institution
of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher
education, as those terms are defined by Texas Education Code, §61.003.
(e) Sexual harassment--unwelcome, sex-based verbal
or physical conduct that:
(1) in the employment context, unreasonably interferes
with a person's work performance or creates an intimidating, hostile,
or offensive work environment; or
(2) in the education context, is sufficiently severe,
persistent, or pervasive that the conduct interferes with a student's
ability to participate in or benefit from educational programs or
activities at a postsecondary educational institution.
(f) Substantial Compliance--a postsecondary educational
institution has made a good faith effort to comply with the requirements
under these rules provided that the deficiencies identified by the
Coordinating Board can be readily corrected.
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