General Rules of Application

1. Effective Date

This Title IX Grievance Procedure is effective on August 14, 2020, and applies to Formal Complaints of sexual harassment brought on or after August 14, 2020. 

2. Revocation by Operation of Law

 Should any portion of the Title IX Final Rule, 85 Fed. Reg. 30026 (May 19, 2020), be stayed or held invalid by a court of law, or should the Title IX Final Rule be withdrawn or modified, this Procedure, or its withdrawn or modified elements, will be deemed revoked as of the publication date of the opinion or order and for all reports received after that date, as well as any elements of the Procedure that occur after that date if a case is not complete by that date of opinion or order publication. Should the Title IX Grievance Procedure be revoked in this manner, conduct previously covered under the Title IX Grievance Procedure will be investigated and adjudicated under the Policy Against Discrimination, Harassment, Sexual Violence and Retaliation. 

3. Equitable Application

 All requirements and protections are equitably provided to individuals regardless of sex or status as a Complainant or Respondent. Individuals who wish to file a complaint about the University’s Title IX Policy or Title IX Grievance Procedure may contact the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights using contact information available at Contact OCR 

4. Disability Accommodations

 Parties and witnesses may request reasonable accommodations for disclosed disabilities at any point before or during the Title IX Grievance Procedure that do not fundamentally alter the Procedure. Parties and witnesses must request disability accommodations to receive them in this Procedure, even when Parties or witnesses receive accommodations in other institutional programs and activities.