What New Title IX Regs Mean for LGBTQI+
In finalizing new Title IX regulations in April, The U.S. Department of Education federally encoded LGBTQI+ protections for the first time. This new ruling defines sex discrimination to include not…
First Steps for Implementing New Regs
On Friday, April 19, The Department of Education released Biden’s finalized Title IX regulations with an August 1 implementation deadline. After three years of anticipation, Title IX professionals can finally…
Training a Title IX Team
All K12 and higher education institutions are federally required to identify a Title IX Coordinator, but the person in the position should never act as a team of one. Coordinators,…
Transgender Athletes: What’s Next for Title IX Coordinators
As society shifts to further understand gender identity and inclusivity, transgender participation has become a pressing conversation in K12 and collegiate athletics. Who Title IX should serve, how participation is…
What do New Title IX Regulations Mean for Live Hearings?
Since Trump’s historic Title IX regulations were finalized in 2020, live hearings–specifically cross-examination–persist as a pressing topic across college campuses. Currently required for all Title IX adjudications (permitted but not…
Risks and Rewards of the Single-investigator Model
Since the 2011 Dear Colleague Letter, college and K-12 administrators have grappled with how to process, investigate, and adjudicate Title IX cases in a way that not only complies with…
Three Tips for More Seamless Title IX Investigations
Since the 2011 Dear Colleague letter, Title IX has steadily transformed. While little to no guidance informed investigations at first, they’ve now become a prescriptive and rigorous process. When current…
Investigating Consent
As Title IX practitioners know, many, if not most, of the sexual assault complaints that you will investigate come down to the issue of consent. Even if there is agreement…