• Three female coaches at two California community colleges allege that unequal pay violates Title IX.
• All three claim that they are paid less than their male counterparts despite having similar duties and that the pay...more
• An equal rights group and three individual plaintiffs have filed a civil suit in U.S. District Court in Boston against the Department of Education (ED) and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. The complaint alleges that the...more
10/23/2017
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Colleges ,
Department of Education ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Gender Discrimination ,
OCR ,
Proposed Guidance ,
Restraining Orders ,
Secretary of Education ,
Sexual Conduct ,
Title IX ,
Universities
• California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed the state legislature’s attempt to codify previously issued Title IX guidance.
• A similar bill, introduced this month in the U.S. House of Representatives, has not yet received the...more
10/18/2017
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Dear Colleague Letter ,
Department of Education ,
Due Process ,
Governor Brown ,
Governor Vetoes ,
OCR ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sexual Violence Policies ,
Students ,
Title IX ,
Universities
On September 22, 2017, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (the OCR) issued a new Dear Colleague Letter officially withdrawing the April 4, 2011 Dear Colleague Letter on Sexual Violence and the April 29,...more
9/28/2017
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Complaint Procedures ,
Confidentiality Policies ,
Cross Examination ,
Dear Colleague Letter ,
Department of Education ,
Due Process ,
Interim Guidance ,
Mediation ,
New Guidance ,
Obama Administration ,
OCR ,
Rescission ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Violence Policies ,
Standard of Proof ,
Title IX ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities
• A federal court in Ohio has held that published writings of a university Title IX administrator provide sufficient evidence of bias to permit a civil suit by a penalized student to go forward.
• Denial of equitable...more
9/18/2017
/ Administrative Procedure ,
Bias ,
Dear Colleague Letter ,
Department of Education ,
Due Process ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Internal Investigations ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Sexual Assault ,
Students ,
Title IX ,
Universities
• The Department of Education (DOE) plans to gather public input—including input from educational institutions—on new Title IX policy, rejecting the prior administration’s issuance of policy by letter.
• The DOE has not,...more
9/11/2017
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Department of Education ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Due Process ,
Education Reform ,
Notice and Comment ,
Obama Administration ,
OCR ,
Public Comment ,
Rape ,
Rescission ,
Secretary of Education ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Conduct ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Students ,
Title IX ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities