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Department of Education Investigations Title IX

Will the New Title IX Be Sabotaged?

by Wendy McElroy | Aug 25, 2020 On August 14, a change of kind occurred in how educational institutions address accusations of sexual misconduct if they wish to receive federal funding. A controversial new Title IX regulation went into effect. Or did it? In today’s extraordinarily partisan times, there can be cognitive disconnect between official policy and actual

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California Title IX

California’s ill-advised attempt to circumvent new Title IX rules

by Tyler Coward August 27, 2020 The California State Capitol in Sacramento. The California Assembly is debating SB 493, a bill which will further entrench problematic procedures for resolving campus sexual assault accusations. The bill, which was introduced in 2019, has already passed the state Senate. It includes many provisions that are at odds with

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Campus Title IX

PR: Sen. Jackson Would Pit California Colleges Against State Judicial Rulings and the Federal Government

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Sen. Jackson Would Pit California Colleges Against State Judicial Rulings and the Federal Government; SAVE Urges Delay on Vote WASHINGTON / August 27, 2020 – State senator Hannah Beth Jackson has inserted language into a Higher Education bill, SB-493, that would force California colleges to defy

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DED Sexual Assault Directive Office for Civil Rights Victims

PR: Sexual Assault Survivors Reveal Widespread Mistreatment at the Hands of Campus ‘Kangaroo Courts’

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Sexual Assault Survivors Reveal Widespread Mistreatment at the Hands of Campus “Kangaroo Courts” WASHINGTON / August 25, 2020 – Over the past nine years, male and female victims of campus sexual assault have reported numerous instances of mistreatment and neglect by university officials. The persistent problem led

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Title IX

Two Courts Deny Preliminary Injunction Against the New Title IX Rule. Are These Decisions Harbingers of What’s to Come?

by: Gail Norris, Senior Counsel Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC Two federal court judges refused to issue a preliminary injunction to stop the new Department of Education’s Title IX rule (the Rule) from taking effect on its August 14, 2020 effective date. In the meantime, there remain four lawsuits1 pending against the Department of Education challenging

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Title IX

Title IX and Targeting the Two-Track Approach

By TERESA R. MANNING Trump’s Education Department has restored some balance to campus treatment of accused violators, but colleges are trying to get around the new rules. August has been a big month for Title IX, the federal law banning sex discrimination at schools receiving federal funds. Two federal district courts allowed the Trump administration’s new

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Campus Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX Victims

PR: Survivors, Accused Students, and Faculty Bid ‘Farewell’ to Campus Kangaroo Courts; Welcome New Title IX Regulation

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Survivors, Accused Students, and Faculty Bid ‘Farewell’ to Campus Kangaroo Courts; Welcome New Title IX Regulation WASHINGTON / August 18, 2020 – Sexual assault survivors, accused students, and faculty members are welcoming the new Title IX regulation, which took effect this past Friday on college campuses

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Title IX

How Some Universities are Bypassing Trump’s New Title IX Rules

If schools follow the Trump administration’s new Title IX rules, survivors no doubt will be reluctant to report sexual harassment and assault. While some schools are accepting the rules and adopting restrictive policies, others are finding creative ways to get around the rules by designing policies that will minimize these harmful effects. We examined a

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Department of Education Due Process Office for Civil Rights Title IX

Numerous Groups and Individuals Applaud New Title IX Regulation

Numerous Groups and Individuals Applaud New Title IX Regulation INDEPENDENT WOMEN’S FORUM: “IWF applauds the Title IX federal regulations released today by the Department of Education. The new regulations—for the first time—codify the obligation of schools to address claims of sexual misconduct. They also require that schools conduct all sexual misconduct investigations without bias and in

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Department of Education Title IX

U.S. Department of Education Launches New Title IX Resources for Students, Institutions as Historic New Rule Takes Effect

AUGUST 14, 2020 WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos launched new resources to help students and schools understand the protections provided by the Department’s historic regulation on Title IX, as the Rule takes full effect today. The Rule, announced on May 6, 2020, following years of stakeholder input, public comment and careful deliberation