Title IX Team Training and Education

OCR's 2020 New Regulations state the following:

• The Title IX Rule requires schools’ Title IX personnel to be unbiased and free from conflicts of interest.
• Title IX personnel include the Title IX Coordinator, any investigator, any decision-maker, and any person who facilities an informal resolution.

Schools must ensure that Title IX personnel receive training as follows:

• On Title IX’s definition of “sexual harassment”
• On the scope of the school’s education program or activity
• On how to conduct an investigation and grievance process
• On how to serve impartially, including by avoiding prejudgment of the facts at issue
• On how to avoid conflicts of interest and bias
• Decision-makers must receive training on any technology to be used at a live hearing, and on issues of relevance of questions and evidence, including when questions and evidence about a complainant’s sexual predisposition or prior sexual behavior are not relevant
• Investigators must receive training on issues of relevance to create an investigative report that fairly summarizes relevant evidence

All materials used to train Title IX personnel:

• Must not rely on sex stereotypes,
• Must promote impartial investigations and adjudications of formal complaints of sexual harassment,
• Must be maintained by the school for at least 7 years,
• Must be publicly available on the school’s website

(§ 106.45(b)(1)(iii) & § 106.45(b)(10)(i)(D))

If you would like information related to the training completed by a specific Title IX personnel member, please contact the Title IX Coordinator.