Sexual Violence, Title IX, and Victims’ Rights
Title IX prohibits a wide range of sex-based discrimination that denies or limits a person’s ability to participate in educational programs in schools or universities that received federal funding. This can include sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, dating violence, domestic violence, sexual exploitation, quid pro quo harassment, and other unwelcome conduct based on sex. Discrimination[...]
Title IX is a federal civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in educational programs and activities that receive federal funding. Although many people associate Title IX with athletics, the law also protects students, faculty, and staff from sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, and other forms of sex-based discrimination that interfere[...]
Schools receiving federal funding must respond promptly and equitably to sexual harassment under Title IX. Current requirements under the 2020 regulations include designating a Title IX Coordinator, offering supportive measures to complainants, conducting impartial investigations, and providing live hearings with cross-examination at postsecondary institutions. ed The 2024 regulations were vacated nationwide in January 2025, reinstating these[...]
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