What should I do if my child is facing a Title IX case at their high school in Nebraska? VIDEO

If your child is facing a Title IX case at their high school in Nebraska, you need to take the necessary precautions before you engage with the school in any capacity. Too much is at stake. You need to understand that although the Title IX Final Rule is more structured and arguably equitable than previous guidance, you cannot assume it will be a fair process. It will require dedicated effort for an accused student to be found not responsible.

The Title IX Final Rule will also allow a high school to address and adjudicate a case either through an investigation or a live hearing model. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. We need to be mindful of that and respond accordingly. You need to familiarize yourself with the school's policies in this regard.

It will be a high stakes and an involved process, and every step through the process needs to be calculated and experienced attorney advisor will be your son or daughter's best ally if they're facing a Title IX case at their high school, and they should be involved as early as possible in the process to work towards trying to ensure a fair process and a favorable outcome.

Nebraska high schools where Joseph D. Lento can help as your child's student's Title IX advisor during investigations, hearings and appeals include, but are not limited to, the following school districts:

A

• Adams Central Jr-Sr High School
• Ainsworth Community Schools
• Allen Consolidated Schools
• Alliance Public Schools
• Alma Public Schools
• Amherst Public Schools
• Anselmo-Merna Public Schools
• Ansley Public Schools
• Arapahoe Public Schools
• Arcadia Public Schools
• Arlington Public Schools
• Arnold Public Schools
• Arthur County High School
• Ashland-Greenwood Schools
• Auburn Public Schools
• Aurora Public Schools
• Axtell Public Schools

B

• Bancroft-Rosalie Community Schools
• Banner County Public Schools
• Battle Creek Public Schools
• Bayard Public Schools
• Beatrice Public Schools
• Bellevue Public Schools
• Bennington Public Schools
• Bertrand Public Schools
• Blair Community Schools
• Bloomfield Community Schools
• Blue Hill Public Schools
• Boone Central Schools
• Boyd County Unified
• Brady Public Schools
• Bridgeport Public Schools
• Broken Bow Public Schools
• Bruning Public Schools
• Bruning-Davenport Unified System
• Burwell Jr-Sr High School
• Butte Public Schools

C

• Callaway Public Schools
• Cambridge Public Schools
• Cedar Bluffs Public Schools
• Cedar Rapids Public Schools
• Centennial Public Schools
• Central City Public Schools
• Centura Public School
• Chadron Public Schools
• Chambers Public Schools
• Chase County Schools
• Clarkson Public Schools
• Clay Center Public Schools
• Clearwater Public Schools
• Clearwater Public Schools
• Cody-Kilgore Public Schools
• Coleridge Community Schools
• Columbus Public Schools
• Conestoga Public Schools
• Cozad City Schools
• Crawford Public Schools
• Creek Valley Schools
• Creighton Public Schools
• Crete Public Schools
• Crofton Community Schools
• Cross County Community Schools
• Culbertson Public Schools

D

• Daniel Freeman Public Schools
• Davenport Public Schools
• David City Public Schools
• Deshler Public Schools
• Diller-Odell Public Schools
• District 070
• Dodge Public Schools
• Doniphan-Trumbull Public Schools
• Dorchester Public Schools
• Douglas County West Community School
• Dundy County Public Schools

E

• East Butler Public Schools
• Elba Public Schools
• Elgin Public Schools
• Elkhorn Public Schools
• Elkhorn Valley Schools
• Elm Creek Public Schools
• Elmwood-Murdock Public Schools
• Elwood Public Schools
• Emerson-Hubbard Public Schools
• Eustis-Farnam Public Schools
• Ewing Public Schools
• Exeter-Milligan Public Schools

F

• Fairbury Public Schools
• Falls City Public Schools
• Fillmore Central Public Schools
• Fort Calhoun Community Schools
• Franklin Public Schools
• Fremont Public Schools
• Friend Public Schools
• Fullerton Public Schools

G

• Garden County High School
• Geneva North School
• Gering Public Schools
• Gibbon Public Schools
• Giltner Public Schools
• Gordon-Rushville High School
• Gothenburg Public Schools
• Grand Island Public Schools
• Greeley-Wolbach Public Schools
• Gretna Public Schools

H

• Hampton Public Schools
• Hartington Public Schools
• Harvard Public Schools
• Hastings Public Schools
• Hay Springs Public Schools
• Hayes Center Public Schools
• Heartland Community Schools
• Hemingford Public Schools
• Hershey Public Schools
• High Plains Community Schools
• Hitchcock County Unified School System
• Holdrege Public Schools
• Homer Community Schools
• Howells Public Schools
• Humphrey Public Schools
• Hyannis High School

J

• Johnson-Brock Public Schools

K

• Kearney Public Schools
• Kearney West High School
• Kenesaw Public Schools
• Keya Paha County High School
• Kimball Public Schools

L

• Lakeview Community Schools
• Laurel-Concord Public Schools
• Lawrence-Nelson Public Schools
• Leigh Community Schools
• Lewiston Consolidated Schools
• Lexington Public Schools
• Leyton Public Schools
• Lincoln Public Schools
• Litchfield Public Schools
• Logan View Public Schools
• Loomis Public Schools
• Louisville Public Schools
• Loup City Public Schools
• Loup County Public Schools
• Lynch Public Schools
• Lyons-Decatur Northeast Schools

M

• Madison Public Schools
• Malcolm Public Schools
• Maxwell Public Schools
• Maywood Public Schools
• McCook Public Schools
• McCool Junction Public Schools
• McPherson County High School
• Mead Public Schools
• Medicine Valley Public Schools
• Meridian Public Schools
• Milford Public Schools
• Millard Public Schools
• Minatare Public Schools
• Minden Public Schools
• Mitchell Public Schools
• Morrill Public Schools
• Mullen Public Schools

N

• Nebraska City Public Schools
• Neligh-Oakdale Schools
• Nemaha Valley Public Schools
• Nemaha Valley Schools
• Newcastle Public Schools
• Newman Grove Public Schools
• Niobrara Public Schools
• Norfolk Public Schools
• Norris School District 160
• North Bend Central Schools
• North Loup-Scotia Public Schools
• North Platte Public Schools
• Northwest High School

O

• Oakland-Craig Public Schools
• Ogallala Public Schools
• Omaha Public Schools
• O'Neill Public Schools
• Orchard Public Schools
• Ord Public Schools
• Osceola Public Schools
• Osmond Public Schools
• Overton Public Schools

P

• Palmer Public Schools
• Palmyra District O R 1
• Papillion-La Vista Public Schools
• Pawnee City Public Schools
• Paxton Consolidated Schools
• Pender Public Schools
• Perkins County Schools
• Pierce Public Schools
• Pine Ridge Job Corps
• Plainview Public Schools
• Plattsmouth Community Schools
• Pleasanton Public Schools
• Ponca Public Schools
• Potter-Dix Public Schools
• Prague Public Schools

R

• Ralston Public Schools
• Randolph Public Schools
• Ravenna Public Schools
• Raymond Central Schools
• Red Cloud Community Schools
• Richland Public School
• Rising City Public Schools
• Rock County High School

S

• Sandhills Public Schools
• Sandy Creek Public Schools
• Santee Community Schools
• Sargent Public Schools
• Schuyler Central High School
• Scottsbluff Public Schools
• Scribner-Snyder Community Schools
• Seward Public Schools
• Shelby Public Schools
• Shelton Public Schools
• Shickley Public Schools
• Sidney Public Schools
• Silver Lake Public Schools
• Sioux County High School
• South Central Nebraska Unified System 5
• South Platte Public Schools
• South Sarpy District 48
• South Sioux City Community Schools
• Southeast Nebraska Consolidated Schools
• Southern School District 1
• Southern Valley Schools
• Southwest Public Schools
• Spalding Public Schools
• Spencer-Naper Public Schools
• St. Edward Public Schools
• St. Paul Public Schools
• Stanton Community Schools
• Stapleton Public Schools
• Sterling Public Schools
• Stratton Public Schools
• Stuart Public Schools
• Sumner-Eddyville-Miller Schools
• Superior Public Schools
• Sutherland Public Schools
• Sutton Public Schools
• Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca Schools

T

• Tecumseh Public Schools
• Tekamah-Herman Community Schools
• Thayer Central Community Schools
• Thedford Rural High School
• Trenton Public Schools
• Tri-County Public Schools
• Twin River Public Schools

U

• Umo N Ho N Nation Public Schools

V

• Valentine Rural High School
• Verdigre Public Schools

W

• Wahoo Public Schools
• Wakefield Public Schools
• Wallace Public School District 65 R
• Walthill Public Schools
• Wauneta-Palisade Public Schools
• Wausa Public Schools
• Waverly School District 145
• Wayne Community Schools
• Weeping Water Public Schools
• West Holt Rural High School
• West Point Public Schools
• Westside Community Schools
• Wheeler Central Schools
• Wilber-Clatonia Public Schools
• Wilcox-Hildreth Public Schools
• Winnebago Public Schools
• Winside Public Schools
• Wisner-Pilger Public Schools
• Wood River Rural District
• Wynot Public Schools

Y

• York Public Schools
• Yutan Public Schools

It is critical to make certain the Title IX investigation at your child's Nebraska high school is handled properly and that the accused student's interests and rights are protected from as early as possible during the sexual misconduct investigative process.  One major reason is because even at high schools where a finding of responsibility for sexual misconduct charges is made at a hearing, the investigation will set the stage for what the hearing panel is provided prior to a hearing (and what the hearing panel will in large part rely on at a hearing), and at high schools where the finding of responsibility is made solely through the investigative process, what takes place during the investigation itself will determine whether the accused student is found responsible or not responsible for Title IX charges.

Unfortunately, some parents make the mistake of not taking the necessary precautions as soon as possible when accused of sexual misconduct.  Some people will mistakenly believe that if they "just explain what happened," their school will be fair and impartial and will arrive at the truth.  In a perfect world this may be the case, but in a perfect world, sexual misconduct allegations and Title IX charges would not exist.

Fighting passionately for the future of his clients at schools throughout the nation for many years, Joseph D. Lento knows how important it is to mount the strongest defense because he understands that an accused high school student's academic future is on the line. He does not settle for the easiest outcome, and instead prioritizes his clients' needs and well-being. Joseph Lento is a licensed attorney in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York, is admitted as an attorney pro hac vice in state and federal court if needed when representing clients nationwide, and serves as a Title IX attorney advisor to high school students facing sexual misconduct investigations and disciplinary cases in Nebraska and throughout the nation. Make certain your or your student's interests are protected - Contact National High School Title IX Attorney Joseph D. Lento today at 888-535-3686.