Title IX Training | Title IX | BYU-Idaho

# Title IX Training

## Department or Student-Group Training/Q&A

If you are interested in having the Title IX Office provide training for your department, employees, or a student group, please contact us at 208-496-9209. We are happy to provide in-person trainings that are responsive to specific needs or questions.

## Grievance Administrator Training

Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedures--Advisor Training

Sexual Harassment Grievance Procedures--Decision-Maker Training

## Title IX Coordinator and Investigator(s) Training

Title IX personnel (including the Title IX Coordinator and Investigator(s) are required to be unbiased and free from conflicts of interest. Materials used to train Title IX personnel include:

## US Department of Education/Office for Civil Rights:

- Questions and Answers Regarding the Department's Final Title IX Rule
- OCR Webinar: Title IX Regulations Addressing Sexual Harassment
- The First Amendment and Title IX: An OCR Short Webinar
- OCR Short Webinar on How to Report Sexual Harassment under Title IX
- Conducting and Adjudicating Title IX Hearings: An OCR Training Webinar
- OCR Webinar on Due Process Protections under the New Title IX Regulations
- OCR Webinar on New Title IX Protections Against Sexual Assault
- OCR Webinar on Bias and Conflicts of Interest
- Notice of Interpretation: Title IX Prohibits discrimination against LGBTQ+ students and employees
- Questions and Answers on the Title IX Regulations on Sexual Harassment (July 2021)

## Thompson Coburn LLP Title IX Training Series

****Module 1 -**** An Introduction to Managing Title IX Sexual Harassment on Campus

- overview of the new Title IX rule
- background and history of Title IX
- key definitions
- elements of a sufficient response to Title IX sexual harassment
- interim and supportive measures and recordkeeping requirements

Module 1 video

****Module 2 -**** Formal Complaints of Title IX Sexual Harassment

- framework for formal complaints of Title IX sexual harassment
- requirements for a formal complaint process
- requirements regarding dismissals and consolidation of complaints

Module 2 video

****Module 3 -**** Title IX Investigations & Informal Resolutions

- requirements for investigations of formal complaints of Title IX sexual harassment
- key concepts, notice requirements, confidentiality, evidence, serving impartially, issues of relevance, interviews, credibility determinations, collection and review of documentation, and writing investigative reports
- requirements regarding informal resolutions

Module 3 video

****Module 4 -**** Title IX Hearings

- hearing requirements for formal complaints of Title IX sexual harassment
- key concepts, the live hearing requirement, advisors, managing cross-examination, relevance, credibility, burden of proof, evidence, and legal privileges

Module 4 video

****Module 5 -**** Title IX Determinations

- requirements for written determinations of responsibility following a hearing
- key concepts, the format, and content of determinations, organizing facts and thoughts, excluding facts in evidence, weighing facts under applicable evidentiary standards, types of evidence, effective deliberations, and writing a defensible determination

Module 5 video

****Module 6 -**** Title IX Appeals

- requirements for appeals
- key concepts, bases for appeal, drafting appeal decisions and requirements for appeal officers

Module 6 video