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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6135 

To implement title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 with respect 

to elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 1, 2023 

Mr. CASTEN (for himself, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. NORTON, Mr. 

LYNCH, Mrs. RAMIREZ, and Ms. TITUS) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To implement title IX of the Education Amendments of 

1972 with respect to elementary and secondary schools, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Sexual Harass5 ment in K–12 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TITLE IX COORDINATOR. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—For each local educational agency 

8 that receives Federal financial assistance, the following re9 quirements shall apply: 


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1 (1) The recipient shall increase the number of 

2 full-time employees designated to serve as a Title IX 

3 Coordinator by at least one per— 

4 (A) 75,000 students in 7th grade or above 

5 served by the recipient; and 

6 (B) 150,000 students in 6th grade or 

7 below served by the recipient. 

8 (2) The recipient shall ensure that students, 

9 parents and guardians of students, and staff are 

10 made aware of these employees, their role, and the 

11 times at which they are available to meet. 

12 (3) A Title IX Coordinator shall not have any 

13 other school-related responsibilities that may create 

14 a conflict of interest, including serving in the school 

15 administrative leadership or local educational agency 

16 administrative leadership (such as serving as a prin17 cipal, vice principal, headmaster, superintendent, 

18 board member, general counsel, or athletics direc19 tor). 

20 (4) A Title IX Coordinator, along with a prin21 cipal, campus security, bus driver, teacher, counselor 

22 or social worker, equity officer, coach, or any other 

23 staff member, shall be considered an appropriate 

24 person to whom to disclose discrimination on the 

25 basis of sex for purposes of the legal standards 


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1 under title IX of the Education Amendments of 

2 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.). 

3 (b) DUTIES.—Each Title IX Coordinator for a local 

4 educational agency shall ensure the local educational agen5 cy’s compliance under Federal policies against discrimina6 tion on the basis of sex, including title IX of the Education 

7 Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), by doing 

8 the following: 

9 (1) Providing information and outreach so that 

10 every individual receives sufficient and accessible in11 formation designed to make them aware of their 

12 rights under Federal, State, and local laws and poli13 cies against discrimination on the basis of sex, in14 cluding title IX of the Education Amendments of 

15 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and the regulations 

16 promulgated to carry out such title, and that the 

17 local educational agency and its employees comply 

18 with those laws and policies, including receiving 

19 training on the laws and policies. 

20 (2) Ensuring that notices of nondiscrimination, 

21 relevant policies and grievance procedures, and cur22 rent contact information of all Title IX Coordinators 

23 are disseminated broadly and in an age-appropriate 

24 manner accessible to all students, parents, guard25 ians, and employees and applicants for admission or 


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1 employment, including prominently on school 

2 websites and in school handbooks. 

3 (3) Monitoring complaints alleging discrimina4 tion based on sex (including sexual orientation, gen5 der identity, sex characteristics (including intersex 

6 traits), pregnancy, childbirth, a medical condition re7 lated to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as8 sault, sexual violence, stalking, pregnancy or related 

9 conditions, and a sex stereotype), domestic violence, 

10 dating violence, sexual assault, sexual violence, stalk11 ing, and sex-based harassment, including supportive 

12 measures offered to complainants, reasonable accom13 modations for complainants and respondents with 

14 disabilities, and the outcomes of complaints. 

15 (4) Identifying patterns of discrimination on 

16 the basis of sex from complaints and addressing its 

17 impact on the school community. 

18 (5) Monitoring the education program or activ19 ity for barriers to reporting information about con20 duct that may constitute discrimination on the basis 

21 of sex and taking steps reasonably calculated to ad22 dress such barriers. 

23 (6) Coordinating dissemination, collection, and 

24 analysis of climate surveys, including the survey de25 scribed in section 4, and identifying and proactively 


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1 addressing discrimination on the basis of sex in the 

2 local educational agency based on the results of cli3 mate surveys. 

4 (7) Overseeing age-appropriate, accessible, and 

5 trauma-informed annual sex-based harassment pre6 vention education and training for students, employ7 ees, volunteers, contractors, and other government 

8 employees who work in or with the local educational 

9 agency. 

10 (8) Ensuring that prevention education and 

11 training is inclusive of diverse communities and 

12 identities, informed by research, and conducted in 

13 partnership with local rape crisis centers, State sex14 ual assault coalitions or domestic violence coalitions, 

15 or community organizations that work on addressing 

16 discrimination on the basis of sex, including sex17 based harassment in schools. 

18 (c) WAIVER AUTHORIZED.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency 

20 that receives Federal financial assistance may re21 quest a waiver from the Secretary of one or more of 

22 the requirements under thus section on the basis 

23 that the requirement poses an insurmountable finan24 cial burden to the recipient and the recipient has 


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1 been unable to secure sufficient grants under sub2 section (d). 

3 (2) ALTERNATIVE PLAN.—The waiver process 

4 shall include requiring the recipient to submit an al5 ternative plan for ensuring students are aware of 

6 their rights under title IX of the Education Amend7 ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and have 

8 access to a Title IX Coordinator. At the very min9 imum within their alternative plan, the recipient 

10 shall establish a partnership, through a memo11 randum of understanding, with a local rape crisis 

12 center or a national or community-based organiza13 tion that specializes in trauma or crisis management 

14 and support. The memorandum of understanding 

15 shall establish a clear delineation of the roles and re16 sponsibilities of the partners, which shall also in17 clude providing prevention training and supporting 

18 measures when addressing reports about incidents of 

19 sex-based harassment. 

20 (3) FAILURE TO FOLLOW ALTERNATIVE

21 PLAN.—If the Secretary determines (based on a sub22 mitted complaint or otherwise) that a recipient has 

23 such a waiver approved but has not followed their al24 ternative plan, or if the Secretary determines that 

25 their plan was insufficient to prevent and respond to 


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1 sex-based harassment and assault, the Secretary 

2 shall attempt a voluntary resolution. If a voluntary 

3 resolution is not possible during a reasonable period 

4 of time, the Secretary shall take such action as may 

5 be appropriate to withhold Federal financial assist6 ance. A waiver granted under this subsection shall 

7 be valid for 2 years. 

8 (d) GRANTS.—To carry out this section, there are au9 thorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec10 essary for each of the first five fiscal year that begin after 

11 the effective date in subsection (e) for grants to local edu12 cational agencies to offset the financial burden of satis13 fying the requirements of this section. In making grants 

14 under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to 

15 local educational agencies that otherwise would face a high 

16 financial burden in fulfilling such requirements. 

17 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

18 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

19 SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR TRAINING ON HOW TO RESPOND TO 

20 SIGNS OF SEX-BASED HARASSMENT AND AS21 SAULT OF STUDENTS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 

23 make grants to local educational agencies to train elemen24 tary school and secondary school teachers and other school 

25 staff on how to prevent, recognize, and respond to signs 


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1 of sex-based harassment and assault among students or 

2 between students and adults. 

3 (b) APPLICATIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any local educational agency 

5 desiring to receive a grant under this section for any 

6 fiscal year shall submit an application to the Sec7 retary at such time and in such manner as the Sec8 retary may require. Each such application shall— 

9 (A) include a plan to provide the training 

10 described in subsection (a); and 

11 (B) demonstrate how the grant funds will 

12 be used to meet the needs for such training. 

13 (2) DEADLINE.—The Secretary shall award 

14 grants under this section not later than 6 months 

15 after the deadline for grant application submission 

16 established under paragraph (1). 

17 (c) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—To the extent prac18 ticable, in awarding grants under this section, the Sec19 retary shall— 

20 (1) ensure an equitable geographic distribution 

21 of grants under this section, including the distribu22 tion of such grants between rural and urban areas; 

23 and 


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1 (2) give priority to local educational agencies 

2 that have jurisdiction over an underserved area or 

3 areas. 

4 (d) PRIORITIES.—In allocating funds to local edu5 cational agencies under this section, the Secretary shall 

6 consider the quality of the applications submitted, but the 

7 Secretary shall give priority to local educational agencies 

8 whose applications include any of the following: 

9 (1) A demonstration that the applicant does not 

10 receive other Federal, State, or local funds to carry 

11 out the activities described in this section. 

12 (2) Statements of support from students or stu13 dent groups. 

14 (e) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Grant funds 

15 provided under this section shall be used to supplement, 

16 not supplant, other Federal or State funds available to 

17 carry out the activities described in this section. 

18 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 

19 out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 

20 to the Secretary of Education $50,000,000 for each of the 

21 first five fiscal year that begin after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act. 

23 SEC. 4. SEX-BASED HARASSMENT SURVEYS. 

24 (a) SEX-BASED HARASSMENT SURVEY.— 


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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education, 

2 in consultation with the Attorney General and the 

3 Director of the Centers for Disease Control of the 

4 Department of Health and Human Services, shall 

5 develop an empirically validated sex-based harass6 ment survey to be conducted on an anonymous basis 

7 of elementary school and secondary school students 

8 and staff. The survey shall assess the occurrence on 

9 school property, during the preceding calendar year 

10 for which data is available, of instances of sex-based 

11 harassment. The Secretary shall ensure that the sur12 vey questions vary between staff and students and 

13 for different age groups in order to ensure that the 

14 questions are developmentally appropriate. 

15 (2) DEVELOPMENT OF ADMINISTRATION MECH16 ANISM.—The Secretary of Education, in consultation 

17 with the Attorney General and the Director of the 

18 Centers for Disease Control of the Department of 

19 Health and Human Services, shall develop a mecha20 nism by which local educational agencies may, with 

21 respect to the survey developed pursuant to this sec22 tion— 

23 (A) administer such survey; and 


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1 (B) modify such survey to include addi2 tional elements or requirements, as determined 

3 by the agency. 

4 (3) LOCAL ADMINISTRATION.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later 

6 than 2 years after the date on which the Sec7 retary of Education makes available to local 

8 educational agencies the mechanism described 

9 in paragraph (2), and every year thereafter, 

10 each local educational agency that receives Fed11 eral financial assistance shall administer the 

12 survey developed pursuant to this section to ele13 mentary school and secondary school students 

14 and staff. 

15 (B) ACCESSIBILITY.—Local educational 

16 agencies shall ensure that the survey is admin17 istered in such a way as to be readily accessible 

18 to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities. 

19 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The survey developed pursu20 ant to this section— 

21 (1) shall be fair and unbiased, be reliable, be 

22 trauma-informed, meet the highest standards of sur23 vey research, and notify the participant using age24 appropriate language that anonymized results of the 

25 survey may be published; and 


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1 (2) shall ensure that the responses to the sur2 vey questions— 

3 (A) are collected by individuals who are 

4 not in daily or close contact with the students; 

5 and 

6 (B) in a case in which such responses are 

7 included in a report, do not include personally 

8 identifiable information. 

9 (c) STATISTICS.—Beginning 6 months after the re10 sults of the first survey developed pursuant to this section 

11 are available, the Secretary of Education, in consultation 

12 with the Attorney General and the Director of the Centers 

13 for Disease Control of the Department of Health and 

14 Human Services, shall compile statistics based upon their 

15 analysis of the results of such survey. Such officials shall 

16 update, conduct, and compile the results of, the survey 

17 every 2 years thereafter. The compiled statistics should 

18 be disaggregated by local educational agency, except that 

19 such disaggregation shall not be required in the case of 

20 a local educational agency of a size such that the results 

21 would reveal personally identifiable information about an 

22 individual student, in which case, an alternate basis for 

23 disaggregation shall be selected. 

24 (d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The statistics compiled 

25 under subsection (c) shall be made publicly available on 


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1 the website of the Department of Education and readily 

2 accessible to and usable by individuals, including individ3 uals with disabilities. 

4 (e) OPTIONS.—The survey shall give— 

5 (1) students the option to report their demo6 graphic information; and 

7 (2) parents and guardians of students the op8 tion to opt their student out of the survey. 

9 (f) TOPICS.—Survey questions included in the survey 

10 tool developed pursuant to this section— 

11 (1) shall be designed to gather information on 

12 student experiences with sex-based harassment; 

13 (2) shall use trauma-informed language to pre14 vent re-traumatization; and 

15 (3) subject to subsection (a), shall address— 

16 (A) whether the instances of sex-based 

17 harassment described were experienced in-per18 son or through electronic means; 

19 (B) the effectiveness of school sexual vio20 lence awareness and prevention programs and 

21 policies for the overall student body and dif22 ferent student populations, such as students of 

23 color, students in the LGBTQ communities, im24 migrant students, pregnant and parenting stu25 dents, and students with disabilities; 


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1 (C) students’ awareness of school policies 

2 and procedures, including the location and proc3 ess for accessing school resources, such as a 

4 Title IX Coordinator designated by the school 

5 pursuant to title IX of the Education Amend6 ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and the 

7 regulations promulgated to carry out such title; 

8 (D) whether individuals impacted by sex9 based harassment have experienced negative ef10 fects on their education, including diminished 

11 grades, dropped classes, or leaves of absence; 

12 (E) whether the alleged discrimination on 

13 the basis of sex or sex-based harassment was 

14 allegedly committed by a student, school em15 ployee, or volunteer and other contextual fac16 tors; 

17 (F) whether individuals impacted by sex18 based harassment reported or did not report the 

19 incident to the school; 

20 (G) if such an individual did so report to 

21 the school, to whom they reported, and what re22 sponse the survivor received to include being in23 formed of, or referred to, national, State, local, 

24 tribal, or resources; 


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1 (H) if such an individual reported to the 

2 school— 

3 (i) did the school conduct an inves4 tigation; 

5 (ii) if an investigation was conducted, 

6 how long did the investigation take; and 

7 (iii) if an investigation was conducted, 

8 what was the final resolution of the inves9 tigation; 

10 (I) if such an individual did so report, 

11 whether they experienced retaliation following 

12 the reporting; 

13 (J) attitudes toward sexual violence and 

14 harassment, including individuals’ willingness to 

15 intervene as a bystander of sex-based, race16 based, national-origin-based, sexual-orientation17 based, gender-identity-based, and disability18 based discrimination, harassment, assault, do19 mestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; 

20 (K) perception of school safety and con21 fidence in the school’s ability to appropriately 

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1 assment, assault, domestic violence, dating vio2 lence, and stalking; and 

3 (L) any other issues relating to sex-based, 

4 race-based, national-origin-based, sexual-ori5 entation-based, gender-identity-based, and dis6 ability-based discrimination, harassment, as7 sault, domestic violence, dating violence, and 

8 stalking, as appropriate. 

9 (g) COMPLETED SURVEYS.—The Secretary of Edu10 cation shall require each local educational agency that ad11 ministers the survey tool developed pursuant to this sec12 tion to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that 

13 an adequate, random, and representative sample size of 

14 students (as determined by the Secretary) enrolled at ele15 mentary schools and secondary schools under the jurisdic16 tion of the agency complete the survey tool developed pur17 suant to this section. 

18 (h) REPORTS.—Beginning not later than 5 years 

19 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

20 of Education— 

21 (1) shall prepare an annual report on the infor22 mation gained from the standardized elements of the 

23 survey under this section and publish such report in 

24 an accessible format on the website of the Depart25 ment of Education, including as part of any online 


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1 consumer tool offered or supported by the Depart2 ment of Education that provides information to stu3 dents regarding specific educational institutions; and 

4 (2) shall submit such report to the Congress. 

5 (i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

6 are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry 

7 out this section for each of the first five fiscal years that 

8 begin after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

10 Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt, 

11 invalidate, or limit rights, remedies, procedures, or legal 

12 standards available to victims of discrimination or retalia13 tion under any other Federal law or law of a State or polit14 ical subdivision of a State, including titles VI and VII of 

15 the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), 

16 title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 

17 1681 et seq.), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

18 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), the Americans with Disabilities Act 

19 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), or section 1979 of the 

20 Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983). The obligations im21 posed by this Act are in addition to those imposed by those 

22 Acts. 

23 SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

24 It is the sense of the Congress that it is valuable for 

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1 based harassment and abuse, and schools should attempt 

2 to provide that to the extent possible in accordance with 

3 State and local laws. 

4 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 

5 In this Act: 

6 (1) The term ‘‘dating violence’’ means violence 

7 committed by a person who is or has been in a social 

8 relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with 

9 the victim. 

10 (2) The term ‘‘discrimination on the basis of 

11 sex’’ includes discrimination on the basis of sex 

12 stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related 

13 conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity. 

14 (3) The term ‘‘domestic violence’’ means felony 

15 or misdemeanor crimes of violence committed by a 

16 person who— 

17 (A) is a current or former spouse or inti18 mate partner of the victim under the family or 

19 domestic violence laws of the jurisdiction of the 

20 recipient, or a person similarly situated to a 

21 spouse of the victim; 

22 (B) is cohabitating, or has cohabitated, 

23 with the victim as a spouse or intimate partner; 

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1 (D) commits acts against a youth or adult 

2 victim who is protected from those acts under 

3 the family or domestic violence laws of the ju4 risdiction. 

5 (4) The term ‘‘elementary school’’ means— 

6 (A) an elementary school as defined by sec7 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

8 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); and 

9 (B) a public or private preschool. 

10 (5) The term ‘‘Federal financial assistance’’ 

11 means any of the following, when authorized or ex12 tended under a law administered by the Secretary: 

13 (A) A grant or loan of Federal financial 

14 assistance, including funds made available for— 

15 (i) the acquisition, construction, ren16 ovation, restoration, or repair of a building 

17 or facility or any portion thereof; and 

18 (ii) scholarships, loans, grants, wages 

19 or other funds extended to any entity for 

20 payment to or on behalf of students admit21 ted to that entity, or extended directly to 

22 such students for payment to that entity. 

23 (B) A grant of Federal real or personal 

24 property or any interest therein, including sur25 plus property, and the proceeds of the sale or 


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1 transfer of such property, if the Federal share 

2 of the fair market value of the property is not, 

3 upon such sale or transfer, properly accounted 

4 for to the Federal Government. 

5 (C) Provision of the services of Federal 

6 personnel. 

7 (D) Sale or lease of Federal property or 

8 any interest therein at nominal consideration, 

9 or at consideration reduced for the purpose of 

10 assisting the recipient or in recognition of pub11 lic interest to be served thereby, or permission 

12 to use Federal property or any interest therein 

13 without consideration. 

14 (E) Any other contract, agreement, or ar15 rangement which has as one of its purposes the 

16 provision of assistance to any education pro17 gram or activity, except a contract of insurance 

18 or guaranty. 

19 (6) The term ‘‘institution of vocational edu20 cation’’ means a school or institution (except an in21 stitution of professional or graduate or under22 graduate higher education) which has as its primary 

23 purpose preparation of students to pursue a tech24 nical, skilled, or semiskilled occupation or trade, or 

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1 the school or institution offers certificates, diplomas, 

2 or degrees and whether or not it offers full-time 

3 study. 

4 (7) The term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has 

5 the meaning given such term in section 8101 of the 

6 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

7 (8 U.S.C. 7801). 

8 (8) The term ‘‘pregnancy or related conditions’’ 

9 includes— 

10 (A) pregnancy, childbirth, termination of 

11 pregnancy, or lactation; 

12 (B) medical conditions related to preg13 nancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or 

14 lactation, including preeclampsia, mastitis, 

15 pregnancy-related nausea or vomiting, fatigue, 

16 dehydration, and postpartum depression; and 

17 (C) recovery from pregnancy, childbirth, 

18 termination of pregnancy, lactation, or their re19 lated medical conditions. 

20 (9) The term ‘‘recipient’’ means any State or 

21 political subdivision thereof, or any instrumentality 

22 of a State or political subdivision thereof, any public 

23 or private agency, institution, or organization, or 

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1 other recipient and which operates an education pro2 gram or activity which receives such assistance, in3 cluding any subunit, successor, assignee, or trans4 feree thereof. 

5 (10) The term ‘‘secondary school’’ means— 

6 (A) a secondary school as defined by sec7 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

8 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); and 

9 (B) an institution of vocational education 

10 that serves secondary school students. 

11 (11) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

12 of Education. 

13 (12) The term ‘‘sex-based harassment’’ 

14 means— 

15 (A) sexual harassment; 

16 (B) harassment on the basis of sex stereo17 types, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related 

18 conditions, sexual orientation, or gender iden19 tity; and 

20 (C) other conduct on the basis of sex that 

21 is one of the following: 

22 (i) Quid pro quo harassment where an 

23 employee, agent, or other person author24 ized by the recipient to provide an aid, 

25 benefit, or service under the recipient’s 


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1 education program or activity explicitly or 

2 impliedly conditioning the provision of such 

3 an aid, benefit, or service on a person’s 

4 participation in unwelcome sexual conduct. 

5 (ii) Hostile environment harassment 

6 consisting of unwelcome sex-based conduct 

7 that is sufficiently severe or pervasive, 

8 that, based on the totality of the cir9 cumstances and evaluated subjectively and 

10 objectively, denies or limits a person’s abil11 ity to participate in or benefit from the re12 cipient’s education program or activity. 

13 (iii) Sexual assault. 

14 (iv) Dating violence. 

15 (v) Domestic violence. 

16 (vi) Stalking. 

17 (13) The term ‘‘sexual assault’’ means an of18 fense classified as a forcible or nonforcible sex of19 fense under the uniform crime reporting system of 

20 the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 

21 (14) The term ‘‘stalking’’ means engaging in a 

22 course of conduct directed at a specific person that 

23 would cause a reasonable person to— 

24 (A) fear for the person’s safety or the safe25 ty of others; or 


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1 (B) suffer substantial emotional distress. 

2 (15) The term ‘‘Title IX Coordinator’’ means— 

3 (A) the employee of a recipient designated 

4 or authorized to coordinate the recipient’s ef5 forts to comply with its responsibilities under 

6 title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 

7 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and the regulations 

8 promulgated to carry out such title; or 

9 (B) one or more designees selected to carry 

10 out some of the recipient’s responsibilities for 

11 compliance with title IX of the Education 

12 Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), 

13 and the regulations promulgated to carry out 

14 such title, under the condition that one Title IX 

15 Coordinator must retain ultimate oversight over 

16 those responsibilities. 

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