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To best understand how to appeal a Title IX case in Kansas, it's good to have a brief understanding of what Title IX is. Title IX is a federal civil rights law. It's intended in part to prevent and address campus sexual misconduct. At colleges and universities in Kansas where Title IX applies, which is almost all schools in Kansas, and for that matter, across the United States. The appealable grounds that are allowed at that particular school would have to be preferenced and analyzed.
For example, what's going to make for the strongest argument. Is it going to be, say, a procedural error defect is failing on the school's part that led to the finding? Is it going to be a disproportionate sanction argument? Is there new evidence that wasn't available at a reasonable time during the course of the process? Or is it going to be a combination thereof? One of the most important considerations when appealing a Title IX case at a Kansas college or university is to make sure that the party has the help of an experienced attorney and advisor, helping them through the process.
