Video Podcast: Title IX Sexual Harassment: LGBTQ+
In this episode, Franczek partners Kendra Yoch and Jennifer Smith discuss Title IX Investigations involving LGBTQ+ parties and understanding Title IX regulations as they pertain to the LGBTQ+...
View ArticleThird Circuit Finds that Deliberate Indifference to Third-Party Conduct May...
In January, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed that Title IX provides adequate notice to federal funding recipients of their responsibility to respond to known sexual harassment...
View ArticleOCR Dismisses LGBTQ+ Complaint Based on Title IX Religious Exemption
In a highly anticipated decision earlier this month, OCR reaffirmed the broad discretion that religious institutions may have under the religious exemption in Title IX. Title IX provides that “no...
View ArticleOCR Provides Update on Rulemaking Process for Title IX
In December, the Biden Administration announced that it plans to release new Title IX draft rules to the public by April 2022. (See our previous post on the announcement here.) Last week, the...
View ArticleTitle IX Refresher Series Part II: The Title IX Investigator
We recently launched a multi-part series where we are providing a refresher on the key players on the Title IX team under the current 2020 regulations. While we wait for the Biden administration to...
View ArticleTitle IX Refresher Series Part III: Title IX Decision-Maker
We recently launched a multi-part series where we are providing a refresher on the key players on the Title IX team under the current 2020 regulations. While we wait for the Biden administration to...
View ArticleVAWA Reauthorized: What Does This Mean for Your School or College?
In March, President Biden signed into law the Violence against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022 (VAWA), which Congress passed as part of the FY22 Omnibus appropriations bill. First passed in 1994...
View ArticleTitle IX Refresher Series Part IV: Title IX Informal Resolution Facilitator
In February, we launched a multi-part series in which we provide a refresher on the key players on the Title IX team under the current 2020 regulations. While we wait for the Biden administration to...
View ArticleCan a School District Be Liable for Student-on-Student Sexual Harassment Even...
In March, the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Washington ruled against a school district in favor of a student with intellectual disabilities, who was awarded $500,000 by a jury based on...
View ArticleWhen School Districts Are Liable for Employee-Student Sexual Abuse under...
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed that school districts may only be liable for employee sexual misconduct when a school official has actual notice of the conduct. In C.S. v. Madison...
View ArticleTitle IX Refresher Series Part V: Title IX Advisor
Earlier this year, we launched a multi-part series where we provide a refresher on the key players on the Title IX team under the current 2020 regulations. While we wait for the Biden administration to...
View ArticleCelebrating the 50th Anniversary of Title IX
This week, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Title IX, the landmark legislation signed into law on June 23 as part of the Education Amendments of 1972. Consisting of a mere 37 words—“No person in...
View ArticleBiden Administration Releases New Proposed Title IX Regulations
Today, the Biden administration released its highly anticipated proposed Title IX regulations on the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. The unofficial draft of the proposed rule can be found...
View ArticleTwo Grievance Procedures in the New Title IX Proposed Regs?
You may have noticed while skimming through the new Title IX proposed regulations that there are now seemingly two grievance procedures to address Title IX complaints instead of one. You’ll recall that...
View Article60-Day Public Comment Period for Proposed Title IX Regulations Begins
As we discussed in a previous alert, the Biden administration recently released its proposed Title IX regulations. Today, the administration published the proposed regulations in the Federal Register,...
View ArticleNew Staff or New Roles? Franczek P.C. Offers Title IX Training for K-12...
Franczek’s Education Law Team is pleased to offer Title IX Compliance training to prepare your team for the 2022-2023 school year. As our trainees have come to expect from the Franczek team, we will...
View ArticleOCR Releases Revised Case Processing Manual with New Updates to Complaint...
On July 18, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its revised Case Processing Manual (CPM), which was last updated in August 2020. The CPM outlines the...
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View ArticleFranczek’s Title IX Team Published in Illinois Association of School Business...
An article by Franczek’s Title IX team—partners Kaitlin Atlas, Amy Dickerson, Jennifer Smith, attorney Emily Tulloch, and law clerk Jenny Lee*—was published in the Winter 2022 Risk Management issue of...
View ArticleTitle IX Updates: Key Wins—and a Loss—in Federal Courts for Transgender...
Happy New Year from the Title IX team at Franczek! Over the next several posts, we will be providing Title IX updates from the end of 2022 that you might have missed, as well as noteworthy items to...
View ArticleTitle IX Updates: Recent Moves by Biden Administration, Congress to Address...
In this post, we continue our recap of recent Title IX-related news that you might have missed and noteworthy items to keep an eye on in 2023 (you can read updates from our last post here). Below, we...
View ArticleTitle IX Updates in Athletics: Recent OCR Guidance, Complaint Resolution
Athletics is poised to be a major topic in Title IX this year. The participation of transgender athletes in school sports continues to dominate headlines, as we reported earlier on this blog, while...
View ArticleOCR Releases Proposed Rule Updating Title IX on Student Eligibility for...
On April 6, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released its much-anticipated proposed Title IX rule on the eligibility of students for participation in athletic programs based...
View ArticleTitle IX Final Rules –Anticipated Release Date Moved to October 2023
As we head into the long weekend, we wanted to share a quick Title IX update from the Department of Education. The Department just announced through a blog post that due to the large number of public...
View ArticleNew Staff or New Roles? Franczek P.C. Offers Title IX Training for K-12...
Monday-Friday, September 11 to 14, 2023 New school year, new roles, new personnel—these are just some of the reasons to schedule training on the Title IX requirements. While revisions to the Title IX...
View ArticleTitle IX Final Rules: Anticipated Release Date Delayed (Again) to March 2024
We wanted to share a quick update that the final Title IX rules are now set to be released sometime in March 2024. The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) just updated the final...
View ArticleTitle IX Athletics Final Rule Likely Delayed Until After the Election
As a quick update for our education clients, the Biden administration purportedly plans to delay the release date of the Title IX final rule on transgender athletes until after the presidential...
View ArticleFinal Title IX Rule on Sexual Harassment Released Today
Earlier this morning, the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights released its long-awaited final Title IX regulations on sexual harassment. These new regulations, which replace the 2020...
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