Title IX states: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

What does it mean to file a Title 9?

Title IX requires schools to adopt and publish grievance procedures for students to file complaints of sex discrimination, including complaints of sexual harassment or sexual violence. Schools can use general disciplinary procedures to address complaints of sex discrimination.

What is Title IX for students?

Title IX is a landmark federal civil right that prohibits sex discrimination in education. It addresses discrimination against pregnant and parenting students and women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) programs. It also addresses sexual harassment, gender-based discrimination, and sexual violence.

What does Title IX protect against?

The U.S. Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces, among other statutes, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance.

How does Title 9 affect me?

A Title IX Proceeding can easily result in your suspension, expulsion or a mark on your transcript that will follow you for a Code of Conduct Violation. There may or may not be a simultaneous criminal investigation happening at the same time.

What are Title IX violations?

Discrimination or harassment based upon ones gender (sex) Unfair treatment, attitudes, or behaviors towards an individual based upon their gender (sex) Gender identity discrimination as covered by Title VII. Sexism, sexist attitudes, and sex stereotyping.

How does Title IX impact students?

The education program or activity of a school includes all of the schools operations. This means that Title IX protects students in connection with all academic, educational, extracurricular, athletic, and other programs of the school, whether they take place in the facilities of the school or elsewhere.

What triggers a Title IX investigation?

An investigation is the process used by the Title IX office to carefully examine an allegation or complaint of gender-based harm including sexual harassment and sexual violence in order to determine whether the SVSH policy has been violated, and if so, what steps the University may take to correct and address such a