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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8193 
To require the Secretary of Education to ensure that local educational agen-
cies establish full-time title IX coordinators to improve oversight, data 
collection on sexual harassment, student survivor support, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020 
Ms. MENG (for herself, Ms. ESCOBAR, Ms. NORTON, Mr. CASTEN of Illinois, 
Ms. LEE of California, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. KENNEDY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, 
Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, 
Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. COOPER, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. KHANNA, 
Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. FRANKEL, and Mrs. 
HAYES) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To require the Secretary of Education to ensure that local 
educational agencies establish full-time title IX coordina-
tors to improve oversight, data collection on sexual har-
assment, student survivor support, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Supporting Survivors 
of Sexual Harassment in Schools Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Title IX of the Education Amendments of 
1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) (in this Act referred 
to as ‘‘title IX’’) mandates that no individual in the 
United States shall be excluded on the basis of sex 
from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or 
be subjected to discrimination under any education 
program or activity that receives Federal financial 
assistance. 
(2) Although title IX protects against sexual 
and sex-based harassment and violence, sexual as-
saults in K–12 schools and institutions of higher 
education remain a pervasive problem. 
(3) Peer sexual harassment is a significant so-
cial problem with consequences for both students 
and schools. Four out of 5 students report experi-
encing sexual harassment. These experiences have 
been linked to poor psychological health and aca-
demic withdrawal. 
(4) Many school districts have only a part-time, 
single title IX coordinator at the local educational 
agency level to oversee principals, school-site specific 
title IX coordinators, staff, and the safety of thou-
sands of students. 
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(5) Although educational institutions have a 
legal responsibility to enforce, monitor, and respond 
to sexual harassment and assault, far more students 
experience sexual harassment than schools report. 
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
(2) FULL-TIME LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY 
TITLE IX COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘full-time local 
educational agency title IX coordinator’’ means an 
individual who is acting as an employee of the local 
educational agency, or who is paid by an entity con-
tracting with the local educational agency and acting 
on behalf of the local educational agency— 
(A) with an average work period of 40 
hours per week, 160 hours per month, or full 
time as defined by State regulations; and 
(B) accountable to fulfill the title IX coor-
dinator requirements under Federal, State, and 
local laws and policy. 
(3) TITLE IX COORDINATOR.—The term ‘‘title 
IX coordinator’’ means a responsible employee, as 
described in section 106.8(a) of title 34, Code of 
Federal Regulations, designated to coordinate efforts 
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under title IX of the Education Amendments of 
1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.). 
(4) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 8101(30) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801(30)). 
(5) SEXUAL HARASSMENT.—The term ‘‘sexual 
harassment’’ means any unwelcome conduct of a 
sexual nature, regardless of whether it is direct or 
indirect, or verbal or nonverbal (including conduct 
that is undertaken in whole or in part, through the 
use of electronic messaging services, commercial mo-
bile services, electronic communications, or other 
technology), that unreasonably alters an individual’s 
terms, conditions, benefits, or privileges of an edu-
cational program or activity, including by creating 
an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment, 
which takes the form of— 
(A) a sexual advance; 
(B) a request for sexual favors; 
(C) a sexual act, where such submission is 
made either explicitly or implicitly a term or 
condition of a program or activity at a school 
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or school activity, regardless of a student’s sub-
mission to or rejection of such sexual act; 
(D) a sexual act, where such submission or 
rejection is used as the basis for a decision af-
fecting a term or condition of a program or ac-
tivity at a school or school activity, regardless 
of a student’s submission to or rejection of such 
sexual act; 
(E) other conduct of a sexual nature; or 
(F) domestic violence, intimate partner vio-
lence (dating violence), and sex-based stalking. 
SEC. 4. PURPOSES. 
The purposes of this Act are to— 
(1) support local educational agencies to ensure 
that title IX coordinators at the local educational 
agency level and at the school level have the support 
to fully carry out their roles and responsibilities; 
(2) identify that sexual harassment, including 
stalking and dating violence, is a pervasive problem 
in K–12 schools and requires increased attention; 
(3) protect students, teachers, and administra-
tive staff from inconsistent policies and protocol; 
(4) identify, implement, and disseminate best 
practices for reducing and preventing sex discrimina-
tion in K–12 schools; 
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(5) increase safety standards in schools to en-
sure that sexual harassment does not compromise 
students’ access to education; 
(6) collect data on prevalence, impact of, and 
response to sexual harassment in education; and 
(7) protect students who come forward to re-
port sexual harassment. 
SEC. 5. SUPPORT FOR TITLE IX COORDINATORS; COLLEC-
TION OF DATA. 
(a) ISSUANCE OF RULES.—The Secretary shall issue 
rules necessary to ensure that there is not less than 1 full- 
time title IX coordinator for each local educational agency 
that receives funds under title V of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 and that serves 10,000 
or more students. 
(b) CIVIL RIGHTS DATA COLLECTION.—The Sec-
retary shall collect and publish within the Civil Rights 
Data Collection, in addition to data already collected and 
in accordance to Family Educational Rights and Privacy 
Act (FERPA)— 
(1) the full-time and part-time employment of 
title IX coordinators for each local educational agen-
cy; and 
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(2) specific data under Offenses: Sexual Vio-
lence, cross-tabulated and disaggregated by sex, dis-
ability, and race, color, or nationality— 
(A) number of reported incidents of sexual 
harassment, dating violence, stalking, rape, at-
tempted rape, and sexual assault (other than 
rape), that alleged to have occurred at the 
school or school activity, committed by a stu-
dent; 
(B) number of reported incidents of sexual 
harassment, dating violence, stalking, rape, at-
tempted rape, and sexual assault (other than 
rape), that alleged to have occurred at the 
school or school activity, committed by a school 
staff member; 
(C) number of reports of sexual harass-
ment, dating violence, stalking, rape, attempted 
rape, and sexual assault (other than rape) com-
mitted by a student that resulted in a finding 
that a student was responsible for the offense 
or not responsible for the offense; 
(D) number of reports of sexual harass-
ment, dating violence, stalking, rape, attempted 
rape, and sexual assault (other than rape), 
against a school staff member that were fol-
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lowed by a resignation or retirement prior to 
final discipline or termination; 
(E) number of reports of sexual harass-
ment, dating violence, stalking, rape, attempted 
rape, and sexual assault (other than rape), that 
occurred at the school or school activity, against 
a school staff member that were followed by a 
determination that the school staff member was 
responsible or not responsible for the offense; 
(F) number of reports of sexual harass-
ment, dating violence, stalking, rape, attempted 
rape, and sexual assault (other than rape), that 
occurred at the school or school activity, against 
a school staff member that had a determination 
that remained pending; 
(G) number of reports of sexual harass-
ment, dating violence, stalking, rape, attempted 
rape, and sexual assault (other than rape), that 
occurred at the school or school activity, against 
a school staff member that were followed by a 
duty reassignment prior to final discipline or 
termination; 
(H) the median length of the complaint 
process from the filing of a report, to the end 
of the appeals process; and 
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(I) the number of students who took leaves 
of absences, transferred schools, or dropped out 
within a year after reporting sexual harass-
ment, dating violence, stalking, rape, attempted 
rape, and sexual assault (other than rape) to 
the school. 
(c) CLIMATE SURVEYS.— 
(1) Beginning 18 months after the date of en-
actment of the Supporting Survivors of Sexual Har-
assment in Schools Act, the full-time local edu-
cational agency title IX coordinator shall develop 
and collect anonymous climate survey data based on 
paragraph (2), cross-tabulated and disaggregated by 
sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, 
and pregnancy), disability, and race, color or na-
tional origin, in accordance to Family Educational 
Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and except in cir-
cumstances where small population sizes would mean 
collection of this data compromises anonymity, from 
each school community, including students, parents, 
and staff, and conducted not later than one year 
after such date of enactment, and conducted, re-
viewed, and updated annually. 
(2) The full-time local educational agency title 
IX coordinator shall collect and submit to the De-
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partment anonymous climate survey data cross-tab-
ulated and disaggregated by sex (including sexual 
orientation, gender identity, and pregnancy), dis-
ability, and race, color or national origin, in accord-
ance to Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 
(FERPA) and except in circumstances where small 
population sizes would mean collection of this data 
compromises anonymity, that includes— 
(A) the reported incidence and prevalence 
of experiences of sexual harassment, sexual vio-
lence, dating violence, domestic violence, and 
stalking; 
(B) the rate in which the perpetrator was 
a student, staff, or teacher and other contextual 
factors; 
(C) whether students report that they 
know about institutional policies and proce-
dures, such as the identity of the title IX coor-
dinator, the location of title IX resources, in-
cluding resources on sexual harassment, gender- 
based harassment and violence, and definitions 
of sexual misconduct; 
(D) if students indicate they have reported 
gender-based harassment and violence, the role 
of the people to whom they reported; 
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(E) types of disciplinary action and the 
rate of disciplinary action taken against the 
complainant and/or the respondent related to 
the report of gender-based harassment; 
(F) the types of accommodations and sup-
ports students who indicate they have reported 
gender-based harassment report having re-
ceived, such as counseling, medical services, or 
class scheduling changes; 
(G) any reported short-term or long-term 
impacts on physical or mental health from stu-
dents who have experienced gender-based vio-
lence or harassment; 
(H) the frequency at which complainants 
request to drop classes, take a leave of absence 
from school, or leave the institution perma-
nently; 
(I) school community members’ attitudes 
toward gender-based violence and harassment, 
including individuals’ willingness to intervene as 
a bystander; and 
(J) school community members’ perception 
of campus safety and confidence in the institu-
tion’s ability to appropriately address gender- 
based violence and harassment. 
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(d) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary must provide guid-
ance to LEAs and full-time local educational agency title 
IX coordinators on how to implement the climate survey. 
(e) REPORT.—The Department must publish an an-
nual report on climate survey data findings from sub-
section (b) on the Department website. The annual report 
shall include national, State, and district-level data, cross- 
tabulated and disaggregated by sex (including sexual ori-
entation, gender identity, and pregnancy), disability, race, 
color, or national origin in accordance to Family Edu-
cational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), on the fol-
lowing: 
(1) The incidence and prevalence of sexual har-
assment, sexual violence, dating violence, domestic 
violence, and stalking. 
(2) The rate of incidences of when the perpe-
trator was a student and other contextual factors, 
such as whether force, incapacitation, or coercion 
was involved. 
(3) The percentage of students who know about 
institutional policies and procedures, such as the 
identity of the title IX coordinator, the location of 
title IX resources, and definitions of sexual mis-
conduct. 
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(4) The type of roles of the people to whom 
incidences of sexual harassment were most com-
monly reported. 
(5) The types and prevalence of accommoda-
tions and supports provided to survivors, such as 
counseling, medical services, or class scheduling 
changes. 
(6) The estimated cost and/or impact of vio-
lence on survivors, such as costs associated with 
counseling, medical services, or class scheduling 
changes. 
(7) The frequency at which complainants re-
quest to drop classes, take a leave of absence from 
school, or leave the institution permanently. 
(8) Types of long-term impacts on the sur-
vivor’s health, such as disabilities that may have re-
sulted from experiencing gender-based violence or 
harassment. 
(9) School community attitudes toward gender- 
based violence and harassment, including individ-
uals’ willingness to intervene as a bystander. 
(10) School community members’ perception of 
campus safety and confidence in the institution’s 
ability to appropriately address gender-based vio-
lence and harassment. 
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