Reporting
Any student, employee, or third party may make a complaint verbally or in writing to report discrimination, harassment, retaliation, sexual misconduct, dating, domestic violence, stalking, or retaliation.
Non-Confidential Reporting
You may report a complaint in any one of the following ways:
- Complete the Unlawful Discrimination Complaint Form
- Email or call the Title IX Coordinator at (805) 546-3129 or titleix@cuesta.edu
- Report to any Cuesta College responsible employee
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- The college considers the majority of employees to have a responsibility for reporting allegations of sexual misconduct to the District’s Compliance Administrator/Title IX Coordinator. This includes all faculty, staff, and administrators, unless excluded.
- Excluded employees are limited to mental health counselors (located in the Student Health Center). These employees are not designated as responsible employees to ensure that students have a mechanism to confidentially report incidents of sexual misconduct.
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To file a police report
In addition to reporting to Cuesta College, you may want to file a police report in order to bring criminal charges. To do so, please contact the most relevant law enforcement agency.
If you are in an emergency situation, get to a safe place and call 911.
Non-emergency local law enforcement phone numbers:
- Cuesta College Police Department - (805) 546-3205
- Arroyo Grande Police Department - (805) 473-5100
- Atascadero Police Department - (805) 461-5051
- Grover Beach Police Department - (805) 473-4511
- Morro Bay Police Department - (805) 772-6225
- Paso Robles Police Department - (805) 237-6464
- Pismo Beach Police Department - (805) 773-2208
- San Luis Obispo Police Department - (805) 781-7317
- San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Department - (805) 781-4550
Confidential Reporting or to Seek Confidential Help
If you want the details of the incident be kept confidential or you are hesitant to make a formal report, you should speak with on-campus mental health counselors (located in the Student Health Center) or off-campus resources who can maintain confidentiality. Staff at the Student Health Center will provide immediate care and support and can explain incident reporting options on and off campus.
Cuesta College Student Health Center
(805) 546-3171 or studenthealthcenter@cuesta.edu
Contact information for off campus resources is available here
Information on Federal Law Reporting
Federal Statistical Reporting Obligations: Certain campus officials have a duty to report sexual misconduct for federal statistical reporting purposes (Clery Act). All personally identifiable information is kept confidential, but statistical information must be passed along to campus law enforcement regarding the type of incident and its general location (on or off-campus, in the surrounding area, but no addresses are given) for publication in the annual Campus Security Report. This report helps to provide the community with a clear picture of the extent and nature of campus crime, to ensure greater community safety. Mandated federal reporters include: student/conduct affairs, campus law enforcement, coaches, athletic directors, student activities staff, human resources staff, advisors to student organizations and any other official with significant responsibility for student and campus activities. The information to be shared includes the date, the location of the incident (using Clery location categories) and the Clery crime category. This reporting protects the identity of the victim and may be done anonymously.
Federal Timely Warning Reporting Obligations: Victims of sexual misconduct should also be aware that college administrators must issue immediate timely warnings for incidents reported to them that are confirmed to pose a substantial threat of bodily harm or danger to members of the campus community. The college will make every effort to ensure that a victim’s name and other identifying information is not disclosed, while still providing enough information for community members to make safety decisions in light of the danger. The reporters for timely warning purposes are exactly the same as detailed above.