I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7620 
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 
APRIL 28, 2022 
Mr. CASTEN (for himself and Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To implement title IX of the Education Amendments of 
1972 with respect to elementary and secondary schools, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Sexual Harass-
ment in K–12 Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TITLE IX COORDINATOR. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For each local educational agency 
(as defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (8 U.S.C. 7801)) that re-
ceives Federal financial assistance (as such term is defined 
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in section 7501(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code), the 
following requirements shall apply as a condition on con-
tinued receipt of such assistance: 
(1) The recipient shall increase the number of 
full-time employees designated to serve as a Title IX 
Coordinator by at least one per— 
(A) 75,000 students in 7th grade or above 
served by the recipient; and 
(B) 150,000 students in 6th grade or 
below served by the recipient. 
(2) The recipient shall ensure students and 
staff are made aware of these employees, their role, 
and the times at which they are available to meet. 
(3) A Title IX Coordinator should not have any 
other school-related responsibilities that may create 
a conflict of interest, including serving in the school 
administrative leadership or local educational agency 
administrative leadership (such as serving as a prin-
cipal, vice principal, headmaster, superintendent, 
board member, general counsel, athletics director, 
etc.). 
(4) A Title IX Coordinator, along with a prin-
cipal, campus security, bus driver, teacher, counselor 
or social worker, affirmative action officer, coach, or 
any other staff member, shall be considered an ‘‘ap-
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propriate person’’ to whom to disclose sexual dis-
crimination for purposes of the legal standards that 
enable private rights of action. 
(b) DUTIES.—Each Title IX Coordinator for a local 
educational agency shall ensure the local educational agen-
cy’s compliance under Federal policies against sex dis-
crimination, including title IX of the Education Amend-
ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), by doing the fol-
lowing: 
(1) Ensuring that every individual affected by 
the operations of the local educational agency, in-
cluding students, parents, guardians, employees, and 
applicants for admission or employment, is aware of 
their rights under Federal, State, and local laws and 
policies against sex discrimination, including title IX 
of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 
1681 et seq.), and that the local educational agency 
and its employees comply with those laws and poli-
cies, including receiving training on the laws and 
policies. 
(2) Ensuring that notices of nondiscrimination, 
relevant policies and grievance procedures, and cur-
rent contact information of all Title IX Coordinators 
are disseminated broadly and in an age-appropriate 
manner accessible to all students, parents, guard-
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ians, and employees and applicants for admission or 
employment, including on school websites and in 
school handbooks. 
(3) Monitoring complaints alleging discrimina-
tion based on sex (including sexual orientation, gen-
der identity, sex characteristics (including intersex 
traits), pregnancy, childbirth, a medical condition re-
lated to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual as-
sault, sexual violence, stalking, pregnancy or child-
birth, and a sex stereotype), domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, sexual assault, sexual violence, stalking, 
and sexual harassment, including supportive meas-
ures offered to complainants and the outcomes of 
complaints. 
(4) Identifying patterns of sex discrimination 
from complaints and addressing its impact on the 
school community. 
(5) Coordinating dissemination, collection, and 
analysis of climate surveys, including the survey de-
scribed in section 4, and identifying and proactively 
addressing sex discrimination in the local edu-
cational agency based on the results of climate sur-
veys. 
(6) Overseeing age-appropriate annual sexual 
harassment prevention education and trainings to 
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school employees and students and ensuring that 
prevention education and training is inclusive of di-
verse communities and identities, informed by re-
search, and conducted in partnership with local rape 
crisis centers, State sexual assault coalitions, or 
community organizations that work on addressing 
sex discrimination, including sexual harassment in 
schools. 
(c) WAIVER AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A recipient described in sub-
section (a) may request a waiver from the Secretary 
of Education of one or more of the requirements 
under such subsection on the basis that the require-
ment poses an insurmountable financial burden to 
the recipient and the recipient has been unable to se-
cure sufficient grants under subsection (d). 
(2) ALTERNATIVE PLAN.—The waiver process 
shall include requiring the recipient to submit an al-
ternative plan for ensuring students are aware of 
their rights under title IX of the Education Amend-
ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and have 
access to a Title IX Coordinator. At the very min-
imum within their alternative plan, the recipient 
shall establish a partnership, through a memo-
randum of understanding, with a local rape crisis 
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center or a national or community-based organiza-
tion that specializes in trauma or crisis management 
and support. The memorandum of understanding 
shall establish a clear delineation of the roles and re-
sponsibilities of the partners, which shall also in-
clude providing preventative training and supporting 
measures when addressing reports about incidents of 
campus sexual violence. 
(3) 
FAILURE
TO
FOLLOW
ALTERNATIVE 
PLAN.—If a recipient has such a waiver approved 
but does not follow their alternative plan, or the Sec-
retary of Education deems their plan was insuffi-
cient to prevent and respond to sexual harassment 
and assault, the Secretary shall take such action as 
may be appropriate to withhold Federal financial as-
sistance. A waiver granted under this subsection 
shall be valid for 2 years. 
(d) GRANTS.—To carry out this section, there are au-
thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Education 
$100,000,000 for grants to recipients described in sub-
section (a) to offset the financial burden of satisfying the 
requirements of this section. In making grants under this 
subsection, priority shall be given to local educational 
agencies that otherwise would face a high financial burden 
in fulfilling such requirements. 
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(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘Title IX 
Coordinator’’ means the employee of a recipient of Federal 
financial assistance (as such term is defined in section 
7501(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code) with major 
responsibility for coordinating the recipient’s efforts to 
comply with its obligations under title IX of the Education 
Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR TRAINING ON HOW TO RESPOND TO 
SIGNS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND AS-
SAULT OF STUDENTS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Education $50,000,000 for grants to local edu-
cational agencies (as defined in section 8101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (8 U.S.C. 
7801)) to train elementary and secondary school teachers 
and other school staff on how to prevent, recognize, and 
respond to signs of sexual harassment and assault among 
students or between students and adults, as well as sexual 
grooming of students by adults at school. 
SEC. 4. CLIMATE SURVEYS. 
(a) SEXUAL VIOLENCE CLIMATE SURVEY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education, 
in consultation with the Attorney General and the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control of the 
Department of Health and Human Services, shall 
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develop an empirically validated sexual violence cli-
mate survey to be conducted on an anonymous basis 
of elementary and secondary school students and 
staff not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. The survey shall assess the 
occurrence on school property, during the preceding 
calendar year for which data is available, of in-
stances of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual 
assault, sexual violence, sexual harassment, and 
stalking. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The survey tool devel-
oped pursuant to this section— 
(A) shall be fair and unbiased, be scientif-
ically valid and reliable, meet the highest stand-
ards of survey research, and notify the partici-
pant that anonymized results of the survey may 
be published; 
(B) shall ensure that the survey tool is 
readily accessible to, and usable by, individuals 
with disabilities; and 
(C) shall ensure that the responses to the 
survey questions— 
(i) are submitted confidentially; 
(ii) are not included in crime statis-
tics; and 
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