(4) the Women’s Bureau of the Department of 
Labor; 
(5) the Office on Women’s Health of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services; 
(6) the Civil Rights Division of the Department 
of Justice; 
(7) the Office on Violence Against Women of 
the Department of Justice; 
(8) the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion; 
(9) the Office of Safe and Healthy Students of 
the Department of Education; and 
(10) other entities determined relevant for car-
rying out the purposes of this Act. 
SEC. 6. SUPPORT FOR TITLE IX COORDINATORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall provide coordi-
nation, training, technical assistance, and support for title 
IX coordinators to ensure that educational entities are 
able to fully implement title IX and reduce and prevent 
sex discrimination in all areas of education. 
(b) TITLE IX COORDINATOR TRAINING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less than once a year, 
the Director shall conduct a training for all title IX 
coordinators. The training may be conducted in 
partnership with a national organization with rel-
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evant expertise, and may be completed online or in 
person. 
(2) CONTENTS OF TRAINING.—The training de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall include the following 
information: 
(A) The role and responsibility of title IX 
coordinators. 
(B) Best practices for increasing aware-
ness about rights and obligations under title 
IX. 
(C) Best practices for investigating and re-
sponding to claims of violations of title IX. 
(D) Best practices for identifying and pre-
venting implicit and explicit sex discrimination 
in all areas of education, including— 
(i) recruitment and admissions; 
(ii) teaching practices, textbooks, and 
curricula; 
(iii) campus safety and security; 
(iv) financial assistance; 
(v) access to facilities, resources, and 
housing; 
(vi) access to course offerings; 
(vii) student health services and insur-
ance benefits; 
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(viii) counseling and career guidance; 
(ix) athletics; 
(x) discipline policies; 
(xi) employment; and 
(xii) other areas that the Director de-
termines are relevant for such purposes. 
(3) APPLICATION OF TRAINING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Director shall take 
steps to ensure that the trainings described in 
paragraph (1)— 
(i) are adapted, as necessary, to ad-
dress issues of sex discrimination at all lev-
els of education; 
(ii) are updated with the latest evi-
dence-based best practices; and 
(iii) address recent trends in sex dis-
crimination. 
(B) ATTENTION TO COMPOUND DISCRIMI-
NATION.—The Director shall take steps to en-
sure that such trainings include attention to 
students who face compound discrimination. 
(C) EVALUATION.—The Director shall— 
(i) develop and conduct pre- and post- 
training evaluations to assess the effective-
ness of such trainings in improving the 
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knowledge of the roles and responsibilities 
of title IX coordinators; and 
(ii) use such evaluations to update the 
title IX coordinator trainings annually. 
(c) HANDBOOK FOR CONDUCTING TITLE IX COMPLI-
ANCE SELF-EVALUATIONS.—The Director shall develop a 
handbook for conducting self-evaluations of compliance 
with title IX in all areas of education, as described in sub-
section (b)(2)(D). 
(d) ASSESSMENT OF TITLE IX COORDINATOR SUP-
PORT.—The Director shall collect relevant data and statis-
tics on all title IX coordinators, including salary informa-
tion, budgets, and primary roles, in order to make rec-
ommendations for improving title IX coordinator support. 
(e) DISSEMINATION.—The Director shall ensure that 
the workplace contact information of all title IX coordina-
tors and any training materials or information developed 
under this section are made available on the Office of Gen-
der Equity resource center website, described in section 
5(b)(5). 
SEC. 7. SUPPORT FOR LOCAL IMPLEMENTATION. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
Secretary, 
acting 
through the Director, is authorized to award grants 
to educational entities to support such educational 
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entities in fully implementing title IX and reducing 
and preventing sex discrimination in all areas of 
education. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
ENTITY.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means— 
(A) a State educational agency; 
(B) a local educational agency; 
(C) an institution of higher education; 
(D) an elementary school or secondary 
school; or 
(E) a partnership consisting of— 
(i) an entity described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (D); and 
(ii) a national organization with rel-
evant expertise, or another entity that the 
Secretary determines has relevant exper-
tise. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity receiving a 
grant shall use such funds to carry out programs and ac-
tivities designed to fully implement title IX and prevent 
and reduce sex discrimination, including programs and ac-
tivities that— 
(1) increase awareness of and counteract sex 
stereotypes, biases, and discrimination; 
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(2) include trainings for students, teachers, fac-
ulty, and all personnel to learn about best practices 
for reducing and preventing sex discrimination in all 
areas of education; 
(3) increase access to campus resources, facili-
ties, and course offerings; 
(4) support title IX coordinators in performing 
outreach, advocacy, and education about title IX and 
reducing and preventing sex discrimination; 
(5) are aimed at identifying patterns or sys-
temic problems in compliance with title IX; 
(6) strengthen prevention education and aware-
ness programs regarding sexual and sex-based har-
assment and violence; 
(7) conduct and analyze campus climate and 
victimization surveys; 
(8) include institutional assessment activities to 
identify areas and causes of gender inequities; 
(9) make efforts to improve progress on gender 
equity 
indicators 
as 
described 
in 
subsection 
(c)(2)(A); and 
(10) make efforts to improve accuracy in meas-
urement, data collection, and reporting of gender eq-
uity indicators as described in subsection (c)(2)(A). 
(c) APPLICATIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a 
grant under this section shall submit an application 
to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
containing such information as the Secretary may 
reasonably require. 
(2) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each appli-
cation submitted by an eligible entity under this sec-
tion shall include the following: 
(A) A description of locally defined and 
documented gender equity needs and priorities, 
which may include any of the following indica-
tors: 
(i) Academic indicators, including per-
formance on State assessments, enroll-
ment, admission, attrition, time to comple-
tion, and graduation rates. 
(ii) Civil rights data, including statis-
tics on bullying, harassment, violence, dis-
cipline and expulsion. 
(iii) Campus climate and victimization 
data. 
(iv) Employment data. 
(v) Attendance and absenteeism data. 
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(vi) Evidence of burden on title IX co-
ordinators, including coordinator to stu-
dent ratio and competing responsibilities. 
(vii) Other documentation of need 
that the Secretary determines is relevant. 
(B) A description of the evidence that will 
serve as the basis for the activities that the eli-
gible entity proposes to carry out using grant 
funds under this section. 
(C) A description of the activities that the 
eligible entity proposes to carry out using grant 
funds under this section. 
(D) A description of how the proposed ac-
tivities will be adapted, as necessary, to meet 
the needs of students who face compound dis-
crimination. 
(E) A description of how the proposed ac-
tivities will help the educational entity fully im-
plement title IX. 
(F) A description of a plan for how the 
proposed activities under this section will con-
tinue with local support following completion of 
the grant period and termination of Federal 
funding. 
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(G) A description of how the proposed ac-
tivities are a significant component of a com-
prehensive plan for gender equity in education 
and full implementation of title IX. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as prohibiting persons of any sex 
or gender from participating in any of the programs or 
activities funded under this section. 
(e) AWARD BASIS.— 
(1) MERIT REVIEW.—Grants shall be awarded 
under this section on a competitive basis. 
(2) PRIORITIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall es-
tablish criteria for determining which eligible 
entities shall have priority in receiving a grant 
under this section. 
(B) LEVEL OF PRIORITY.—The criteria de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) may include a con-
sideration of the extent to which the application 
demonstrates that the eligible entity— 
(i) has demonstrated a high need for 
gender equity assistance based on indica-
tors described in subsection (c)(2)(A) and 
a high commitment to addressing these 
issues; 
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(ii) will address the needs of students 
who face compound discrimination; 
(iii) has not previously received assist-
ance under this section; 
(iv) will address relevant issues of na-
tional significance through solutions that 
can be replicated; 
(v) will implement an institutional 
change strategy with a long-term impact 
that will continue to be a central activity 
of the eligible entity upon termination of 
the grant; and 
(vi) will serve a high percentage of 
low-income students. 
(C) SPECIAL RULE.—To the extent prac-
ticable, the Secretary shall ensure that grants 
awarded under this section, for each fiscal year, 
address— 
(i) all levels of education, including— 
(I) elementary and secondary 
education; 
(II) undergraduate and graduate 
education; 
(III) postdoctoral education and 
research; 
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(IV) career and technical edu-
cation; and 
(V) adult education; 
(ii) all regions of the United States; 
and 
(iii) urban, rural, and suburban edu-
cational entities. 
(f) EVALUATION AND DISSEMINATION.— 
(1) EVALUATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each eligible entity 
that receives a grant under this section shall 
conduct an assessment about the extent to 
which the eligible entity made progress on the 
indicators under subsection (c)(2)(A). 
(B) ASSESSMENT.—An eligible entity may 
work in partnership with the Institute of Edu-
cation Sciences to conduct such assessment. 
(C) USE BY SECRETARY.—Not later than 
1 year after receiving the grant award, the eli-
gible entity shall submit a report to the Sec-
retary containing the results of such assess-
ment. The Secretary shall use those reports in 
order to build the knowledge base on promising 
models for preventing and reducing sex dis-
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crimination across all areas and levels of edu-
cation. 
(2) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall co-
ordinate with the Director of the Institute of Edu-
cation Sciences and other relevant Federal offices 
and agencies to— 
(A) ensure that the results of the activities 
carried out under this section are made readily 
available on the Office for Gender Equity re-
source center website; and 
(B) widely disseminate the results de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) to relevant Federal 
offices, and agencies, educational entities and 
the general public. 
SEC. 8. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall coordinate 
with the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences 
and other relevant Federal offices and agencies and enti-
ties to investigate, identify, and disseminate best practices 
to fully implement title IX and reduce and prevent sex 
discrimination in all areas of education, including— 
(1) the reduction and prevention of sex stereo-
typing, bias, and discrimination in curricula, text-
books, software, and other educational materials; 
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