We recently discussed a de-identified case on our blog: A student-athlete disclosed repeated sexualized comments and touching by her coach, first to her head coach, then to the Title IX Coordinator. The head coach didn’t escalate the disclosure. Instead, she asked the students whether they wanted it reported or handled internally, and then nothing happened. […]
A new academic year always brings new compliance challenges, but this one feels different. Federal agencies continue to reshape their priorities, the courts are as active as ever, and schools, districts, and institutions are navigating a legal and regulatory environment that keeps shifting. We spent a good chunk of our Back-to-School Compliance Webinar walking through […]
A federal law designed to protect students and employees from nonconsensual intimate images just reached full effect. It is worth understanding what it does, and being clear-eyed about what it does not do for the people who report these incidents to your school, district, or institution. What Just Changed? The TAKE IT DOWN Act, signed […]
Artificial intelligence has introduced a new category of sexual misconduct that schools and institutions are being asked to navigate with little guidance, limited precedent, and significant legal and reputational risk. AI-generated sexual imagery involving students is no longer a hypothetical threat. It is showing up in K-12 districts and on college campuses right now, and […]
Two significant federal enforcement actions just landed, and taken together they tell a more nuanced story than the headlines suggest. One involves federal findings against four Kansas school districts. The other involves a voluntary resolution agreement with a Massachusetts high school over antisemitism. They are different in nature, but they are connected by a common […]
When districts and institutions talk about compliance, the conversation almost always starts in the same place: policies, procedures, training modules, and documentation. Those things matter (a lot!) and no district or institution can meet its Title IX obligations without them. But there is a category of compliance failure that none of those things can prevent […]
The recent Trump administration’s lawsuit against Harvard marks a notable shift—not just in what is being enforced, but in how civil rights enforcement is unfolding. If you have been following our Tuesday Takeaways, you know we have covered the campus climate that followed the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel extensively. To briefly recap […]
How compliance leaders can build resilient teams and why it matters for program integrity. Every compliance program has a critical vulnerability that rarely appears on a risk register: the sustained capacity of the people running it. Title IX coordinators, HR compliance officers, and compliance leaders operate in environments defined by high stakes, emotional complexity, and […]
Last week, we looked at how shifting federal interpretations of Title IX are creating retroactive compliance exposure for schools. This week, we’re watching that tension escalate into something more complex: open institutional pushback. And while that resistance may feel principled or even necessary depending on where your school sits, it carries its own significant compliance […]
In Title IX and compliance work, the direction is rarely unclear. We are here to ensure fairness. To protect dignity. To uphold safety. To operate with integrity. That direction does not change. But the path? The path is rarely straight. Policies evolve. Regulations shift. Staffing changes. Cases arrive unexpectedly. Emotions run high. And compliance teams […]
