In April of 2024, the Department of Education approved New Title IX rules, which are scheduled to take effect on August 1, 2024. Our firm is closely monitoring ongoing challenges to these new rules in court, and is working hard to provide you the most up-to-date information. Click here to learn about the current state of Title IX and how we can help if you are facing accusations.
Under the Title IX Final Rule, a school must provide supportive measures to a complainant when a Title IX complaint is made. Supportive measures can vary. It can be making a change in the respondent's classes to meet the needs of the complainant. It could be making a change in the housing assignment of say, both the complainant and the respondent.
It can be allowing, say certain consideration from the school regarding a person's academic obligations. If a person has say an exam scheduled, and if the Title IX case is affecting the complainant, the school can take steps in that regard to address such a concern. It can even say allow for a school to impose as appropriate to the circumstances, a temporary or interim suspension on the respondent so that the complainant would not necessarily have to be arguably burdened by seeing the respondent on-campus or coming into contact with the respondent on campus.
Ultimately, the school has to provide supportive measures. If you're facing a Title IX concern or a Title IX case, having an experienced attorney advisor can help you navigate the process and can help you work towards ensuring a fair process and a favorable outcome, and they should be involved as early as possible in the process.
