Cogito Academy does not discriminate based on sex in education programs, school activities, admissions, and employment and is committed to promoting gender equity, preventing hostile environments based on sex, prohibiting sexual harassment/violence, ensuring protection from retaliation, and remedying other gender-based forms of discrimination in academic settings.

Cogito Academy is committed to providing a safe student and work environment free from discrimination and harassment by any student, staff member, contractor, or other third party. Prohibited conduct based on sex includes one or more of the following:

• An employee of the school conditioning the provision of an aid, benefit, or service of the school on an individual's participation in unwelcome sexual conduct.

• 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 school's education program or activity.

• Sexual assault to include rape, fondling, incest, statutory rape, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking as defined in the Charter Institute at Erskine's Model Policy Guidelines.

Title IX Coordinator

Van Steen serves as Cogito Academy's Title IX Coordinator and is responsible for coordinating the school's efforts to comply with Title IX, addressing reports of sex-based discrimination and harassment, and ensuring that students, families, and employees have access to information regarding their rights and available reporting procedures.

Individuals who have questions, concerns, or wish to report potential Title IX violations may contact:

Van Steen
Title IX Coordinator
Cogito Academy
290 Shiloh Unity Road
Lancaster, SC 29720
Email: schooldirector@cogitolancaster.education
Phone: 803-402-4700

Cogito Academy prohibits retaliation against any individual who reports discrimination or harassment, participates in a Title IX investigation, or exercises their rights under Title IX.

For additional information about Title IX rights and protections, please visit the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.