ceives Federal financial assistance (as such term is defined 
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 designate at least one 
full-time equivalent employee to serve as a Title IX 
Coordinator per 75,000 students in 7th grade or 
above served by the recipient and one per 150,000 
students in 6th grade or below. 
(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 responsibility 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, or any 
other staff member, shall be considered an ‘‘appro-
priate person’’ to whom to disclose sexual assaults 
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for purposes of the legal standards that enable pri-
vate 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, 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.), by doing the following: 
(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 
polices against sex discrimination, including title IX, 
and that the local educational agency and its em-
ployees comply with those laws and policies, includ-
ing 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-
ians, and employees and applicants for admission or 
employment, including on school websites and in 
school handbooks. 
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(3) Monitoring complaints alleging discrimina-
tion based on sex (including sexual orientation, gen-
der identity, pregnancy, childbirth, a medical condi-
tion related to pregnancy or childbirth, and a sex 
stereotype) and sexual harassment, including sup-
portive measures 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 sexual harass-
ment prevention education and trainings to school 
employees and students and ensuring that preven-
tion education and training is inclusive of diverse 
communities and identities, informed by research, 
and conducted in partnership with local rape crisis 
centers, State sexual assault coalitions, or commu-
nity organizations that work on addressing sex dis-
crimination, including sexual harassment in schools. 
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(c) WAIVER AUTHORIZED.—A recipient described in 
subsection (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 requirement poses 
an insurmountable financial burden to the recipient and 
the recipient has been unable to secure sufficient grants 
under subsection (d). The waiver process shall include re-
quiring the recipient to submit an alternative plan for en-
suring students are aware of their rights under title IX 
of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 
et seq.) and have access to a Title IX Coordinator. If a 
recipient has such a waiver approved but does not follow 
their alternative plan, or the Secretary deems their plan 
was insufficient to prevent and respond to sexual harass-
ment and assault, the Secretary of Education shall take 
such action as may be appropriate to withhold Federal fi-
nancial assistance. 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 
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agencies that otherwise would face a high financial burden 
in fulfilling such requirements. 
(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 groom-
ing of students by adults at school. 
SEC. 4. CLIMATE SURVEYS. 
(a) 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 
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