Legislation/JLAC

Title IX Guidance Issued by U.S. Dept. of Education New Guidelines for Schools to Address Sexual Misconduct Complaints - (Fagen, Friedman and Fulfrost News Flash)

​On September 22, 2017, the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") issued a new Q&A on how local educational agencies, including K-12 school districts, must handle complaints of student sexual misconduct under Title IX. Concurrently, in a Dear Colleague Letter, OCR withdrew a 2011 Dear Colleague Letter and a 2014 Q&A issued during the Obama administration.​ ​