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Campus Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX

PR: Legal Experts Warn of the Perils of Campus ‘Dual-Track’ Adjudications

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Legal Experts Warn of the Perils of Campus ‘Dual-Track’ Adjudications WASHINGTON / September 17, 2020 – One month after a historic civil rights policy took effect at colleges across the nation, legal experts are warning administrators about the legal pitfalls of “dual-track” adjudications. Dual-track adjudications are

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Discrimination Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX

Rep. Ben Cline Opening Statement at Hearing on Gender-Based Protections

WASHINGTON, DC/September 10, 2020 – Today, Rep. Ben Cline (R-VA), Republican Leader of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Human Services, offered the following opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at a subcommittee hearing to discuss gender-based protections: “Prior to coming to Congress, I was proud to serve as a prosecutor of domestic violence cases to

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Campus Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX Equity Project Training

PR: Many Universities Not Compliant with New Title IX Requirement to Post Training Materials

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Many Universities Not Compliant with New Title IX Requirement to Post Training Materials WASHINGTON / September 8, 2020 – A review of the websites of 50 colleges and universities across the nation reveals that 65% are out of compliance with the Title IX regulation’s requirement to post

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Department of Education Investigations Title IX

Will the New Title IX Be Sabotaged?

by Wendy McElroy | Aug 25, 2020 On August 14, a change of kind occurred in how educational institutions address accusations of sexual misconduct if they wish to receive federal funding. A controversial new Title IX regulation went into effect. Or did it? In today’s extraordinarily partisan times, there can be cognitive disconnect between official policy and actual

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California Title IX

California’s ill-advised attempt to circumvent new Title IX rules

by Tyler Coward August 27, 2020 The California State Capitol in Sacramento. The California Assembly is debating SB 493, a bill which will further entrench problematic procedures for resolving campus sexual assault accusations. The bill, which was introduced in 2019, has already passed the state Senate. It includes many provisions that are at odds with

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Campus Title IX

PR: Sen. Jackson Would Pit California Colleges Against State Judicial Rulings and the Federal Government

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Sen. Jackson Would Pit California Colleges Against State Judicial Rulings and the Federal Government; SAVE Urges Delay on Vote WASHINGTON / August 27, 2020 – State senator Hannah Beth Jackson has inserted language into a Higher Education bill, SB-493, that would force California colleges to defy

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DED Sexual Assault Directive Office for Civil Rights Victims

PR: Sexual Assault Survivors Reveal Widespread Mistreatment at the Hands of Campus ‘Kangaroo Courts’

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Sexual Assault Survivors Reveal Widespread Mistreatment at the Hands of Campus “Kangaroo Courts” WASHINGTON / August 25, 2020 – Over the past nine years, male and female victims of campus sexual assault have reported numerous instances of mistreatment and neglect by university officials. The persistent problem led

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Title IX

Two Courts Deny Preliminary Injunction Against the New Title IX Rule. Are These Decisions Harbingers of What’s to Come?

by: Gail Norris, Senior Counsel Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC Two federal court judges refused to issue a preliminary injunction to stop the new Department of Education’s Title IX rule (the Rule) from taking effect on its August 14, 2020 effective date. In the meantime, there remain four lawsuits1 pending against the Department of Education challenging

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Title IX

Title IX and Targeting the Two-Track Approach

By TERESA R. MANNING Trump’s Education Department has restored some balance to campus treatment of accused violators, but colleges are trying to get around the new rules. August has been a big month for Title IX, the federal law banning sex discrimination at schools receiving federal funds. Two federal district courts allowed the Trump administration’s new

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Campus Sexual Assault Sexual Harassment Title IX Victims

PR: Survivors, Accused Students, and Faculty Bid ‘Farewell’ to Campus Kangaroo Courts; Welcome New Title IX Regulation

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Rebecca Stewart Telephone: 513-479-3335 Email: info@saveservices.org Survivors, Accused Students, and Faculty Bid ‘Farewell’ to Campus Kangaroo Courts; Welcome New Title IX Regulation WASHINGTON / August 18, 2020 – Sexual assault survivors, accused students, and faculty members are welcoming the new Title IX regulation, which took effect this past Friday on college campuses