5 Minute Message Video Series  In this 5 Minute Message, Jessica Swartz provides an update on the U.S. Department of Education’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for its proposed amendments to Title IX Athletic Regulations and identifies where we are now and what this means for schools. As noted in this message, here’s more information […]

Last month, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the dismissal of a Title IX action initiated by several individuals who claimed they were abused by a physician at the Ohio State University between 1978 and 1998.  Although the University claimed that the claims fell well beyond the statute of limitations, the Plaintiffs countered that […]

5 Minute Message Video Series In this 5 Minute Message, Miller Johnson attorney Cathy Tracey discusses some of the proposed changes to Title IX rules for schools. Watch the 5 Minute Message here. Questions? Contact the author Cathy Tracey. Stay Connected With Us: Email: Want to receive Miller Johnson’s education law email updates? Subscribe here […]

Does your school’s Title IX Coordinator know about each and every incident of sex-related misconduct that has occurred within the district?  Do all of your building-level teachers, counselors and administrators who usually receive reports of misconduct know how to identify what might qualify as “sexual harassment” that should be reported to the Title IX Coordinator?  […]

After the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) held a virtual public hearing on Title IX, it published a questions-and-answers (Q&A) resource to provide clarification to schools under the current regulations. The resource sheds some light on general obligations, the definition of sexual harassment, and the process of handling cases and responding to […]

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights (OCR) released interpretive guidance confirming that Title IX, the federal law that prohibits discrimination against students and school district employees on the basis of sex in education programs or activities, also prohibits harassment and discrimination based on an individual’s sexual orientation or gender […]

The University of Michigan recently prevailed in an 8‑6 Title IX en banc decision that split the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.  The facts of the case, Foster v Bd of Regents of Univ of Mich,       F3d      ; No. 19‑1314 (CA 6, 2020), are relatively straightforward.  Rebecca Foster was enrolled in the University’s Executive MBA […]