ATIXA announces the OCR 2024 Program Legal & 2020 OPEN Center Response Repository. ATIXA will update responses from the OCR 2024 Program Legal & 2020 OPEN Center as we receive them. Responses are listed in order of date starting with most recent. You may also search responses by topic areas at the top of the page. The OCR 2024 Program Legal & 2020 OPEN Center Blog responses are also linked below the Question/Answer section. If you have received a response from the 2024 Program Legal & 2020 OPEN Center and would like to add it to this repository, please email info@atixa.org.
Timeframe Calculations
Where the Title IX regulations refer to specific time frames, how are “days” calculated?
Read More...Timeline of Investigation Report to Decision-Maker
Do the Title IX regulations require the recipient to provide a copy of the investigative report to the decision-maker? If so, at what point in the process should this transmission occur?
Read More...OCR Recommended Trainings
Can the Department recommend any specific Title IX Coordinator and investigator training?
Read More...Consortium Training Materials
If a recipient participates in a consortium or delegates investigative or adjudicative functions to a regional center, does it still need to post its training materials?
Read More...Posting of Training Materials
If a recipient uses non-employee contractors or consultants to provide the training required for Title IX personnel (described in 34 C.F.R. § 106.45(b)(1)(iii)) such that the recipient does not own or control the training materials, is the recipient required to post the training materials on its website?
Read More...Who Can Be the Decision-Maker
Do the Title IX regulations specify who can and cannot serve as a recipient’s decision-maker?
Read More...Investigator Recommendations in Reports
May the investigator make recommendations in the investigative report?
Read More...Is Investigator Testimony Allowed?
Can the investigator testify, either voluntarily or in response to a question from a party or from the decision-maker, about the investigator’s report or recommendations, at a Title IX grievance process hearing?
Read More...Notice of Sexual Assault and Signing Formal Complaint
If a complainant reports or discloses information that puts a recipient on notice of alleged sexual assault, should the Title IX Coordinator sign a formal complaint?
Read More...Title IX Coordinator as an Informal Resolution Facilitator
Assuming that the Title IX Coordinator is free of any conflict of interest or bias, is the Title IX Coordinator permitted to serve as an Informal Resolution Facilitator?
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