Title IX The New 2020 Regulations
[Pages:45]Title IX ? The New 2020 Regulations
June 10, 2020 Mandi Montgomery Smith and G. Rodney Young, II
The Education Law Group ? 2020
U.S. Department of Education Title
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IX Regulations
Adopted May 6, 2020
34 C.F.R. Part 106
Regulations along with public comment ? 2033 pages
Explicit recognition for the first time in USDOE regulations that sexual harassment, including sexual assault, is sex discrimination
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Title IX ? The Law
No person in the United States On the basis of sex Shall 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
20 U.S.C ?1681
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Title IX Key Dates
1972 ? Title IX enacted 1980 ? ED OCR takes over Title IX enforcement 1992 ? U.S. Supreme Court recognizes student right to seek money
damages for sexual harassment ? Franklin v. Gwinnett County Schools 1997 - OCR issues guidance on sexual harassment imposing obligation on educational entities to respond to complaints 1998 ? U.S. Supreme Court sets standard for teacher-on-student harassment liability ("deliberate indifference" after "actual notice" of misconduct) ? Gebser v. Lago Vista Sch. Dist. 1999 ? U.S. Supreme Court adds to Gebser standard a definition of "sexual harassment" ? Davis v. Monroe Co. Bd. of Educ.
The Standards of Liability Under
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Supreme Court Decisions - Gebser
School Board liability for damages under Title IX for employee-on-student sexual harassment if:
1. A school district employee with authority to correct on behalf of the district
2. Has actual notice of the employee's misconduct; and
3. Is deliberately indifferent to the employee's misconduct
The Standards of Liability Under
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Supreme Court Decisions - Davis
School Board liability for damages under Title IX for studenton-student sexual harassment if:
1. The Gebser standards of notice and deliberate indifference are satisfied
2. The school has substantial control over (a) the context in which the harassment occurred and (b) the harasser; and
3. The conduct is "sexual harassment," which is conduct (a) "so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive" (b) that it "effectively denies equal access to an institution's resources or opportunities." [Hostile Educational Environment standard]
New Regulations ? Forms of Sexual
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Harassment
Employee quid pro quo Hostile educational environment (new definition) Violence Against Women's Act - four categories:
Sexual Assault - 20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(6)(A)(v) Domestic Violence - 34 U.S.C. 12291(a)(8) Dating Violence ? 34 U.S.C. 12291 (a)(10) Stalking ? 34 U.S.C. 12291(a)(30)
New Regulations ? Definition of
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Sexual Harassment
Unwelcome conduct
Determined by a reasonable person (objective standard)
To be so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively denies a person's equal access to the recipient's education program or activity
This definition of sexual harassment tracks the Davis case and its definition of sexual harassment
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