Compliance Perspectives: Changes to Title IX
New Title IX Regulations: A Seismic Shift During a Pandemic (Webinar Recording)
A Discussion on the Kollaritsch v. Michigan State University Board of Trustees Decision
We are nearly at the one-month mark with the 2024 Title IX Regulations in effect. Since the August 1 implementation date, school administrators have been busy getting trained, preparing for the school year ahead, and sorting...more
Oh no, not another blog about the Title IX Regulations! I know, how many summaries of the same thing can you read? But here’s the thing: ATIXA’s compliance series is not another summary. It is designed to highlight topics you...more
On April 19, the Department of Education (the Department) released the long-awaited Final Title IX Regulation (Final Rule or New Rule), overhauling the previous administration’s Title IX regulations that were published in...more
On April 19, 2024, the Department of Education released final Title IX regulations. The significant revisions expand the definition of sexual harassment, attempt to remove barriers to reporting sexual harassment and extend...more
What do the new Title IX regulations and the new Taylor Swift album have in common? They both dropped on April 19, 2024, after many fortnights of anticipation. Since 2022, the Title IX world has been waiting for the...more
Educational institutions are anxiously awaiting the U.S. Department of Education’s issuance of the amended final Title IX regulations. The deadline for releasing the new regulations has been pushed back several times...more
More and more schools are publishing Title IX annual reports (a great idea!), and as I was looking at a bunch of them recently, I saw an outlier that prompted this Tip of the Week....more
Title IX coordinators in higher education have a lot on their plates when it comes to complying with various federal and state regulations related to sex- and gender-based harassment, discrimination, and violence prevention....more
[Revised and updated from my previous blog post in August]. As you know, the Department of Education is empowered to craft regulations to fulfill Congress’ mandate for sex equity under Title IX. The Department (ED),...more
In the previous three newsletters, the authors reported about the recent challenges associated with the field moving towards a quasi-legal system. Yet, something we did not expand upon is how Title IX officers are coping with...more
In our second blog entry, “Barriers to Student Reporting,” we reported that a quasi-legal judicial system may produce increased barriers for reporting sexual misconduct cases and, therefore, have diminished effects on...more
Sexual misconduct on college campuses has become more prevalent as well as severe in the past few decades, with significant social, financial, psychological, and educational costs to survivors and institutions (Nightingale...more
In association with ATIXA, we set out to understand current thoughts, perceptions, and emotions underpinning Title IX administrators and their jobs. In this four-part mini-series, we discuss some of our findings throughout...more
In a fractured decision, an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reinstated a former University of Arizona student’s Title IX lawsuit against the university. Vacating a divided three-judge panel’s...more
We asked our keynote speaker, Aaron Stark, what he is most excited about for the 2023 Annual Conference and where he sees the field of violence prevention going in the future. What does violence prevention mean to you?...more
If you’re like most of us in the Title IX field, the deeply technocratic nuances of federal regulation bore you to tears. I share your ennui. Please consider this your least complicated primer on how and when we may get the...more
What does Title IX mean to you? Title IX is endlessly fascinating, which is one of the reasons I love it so much. It is such a simple statement embedded in law, yet it has applicability in numerous and ever-evolving...more
The new Title IX regulations are delayed until at least October 2023. What should your campus do proactively to prepare? Starting with the new regulations, barrier analysis will likely become a formal part of a Title IX...more
The walls of Hogwarts don’t move, just the staircases. The walls – the superstructure – is immutable and remained (mostly) intact after Voldemort’s attack in Deathly Hallows. Liken that to the many lawsuits attacking Title IX...more
Title IX regulations require schools, colleges, and districts to have policies and procedures in place to address claims of sexual harassment. Rumors and gossip are undoubtedly damaging, but do they constitute sexual...more
When you signed your child or teen up for cheerleading, you expected that they’d be challenged. And between the practices, competitions, and interpersonal dynamics between students and coaches, it’s probably safe to say you...more
Picture this: you receive a complaint from a student who is a member of your school district or institution’s student newspaper alleging Title IX sexual harassment that involves a fellow member of the student newspaper staff....more
This academic year, a trio of decisions by federal courts in Massachusetts have provided guidance to administrators laboring to comply with Title IX and its sexual harassment regulations. As we head into the summer and...more
The new legal requirements under Erin’s Law and Faith’s Law will be in full effect as schools begin the 2023-2024 school year. As we have previously reported, under new School Code amendments made by Faith’s Law and Erin’s...more
We want to share a quick Title IX update from the Department of Education. The Department just announced through a blog post that due to the large number of public comments it received regarding its proposed rules to Title IX...more