On November 29, Aaron Lacey, leader of
Thompson Coburn's Higher Education Practice, offered a
complimentary, 90-minute webinar examining the U.S. Department of
Education's proposed Title IX rules in significant detail. For
those who missed the presentation,
it can be viewed here.
These proposed rules, if implemented, will constitute the first
significant revision of the Department's Title IX regulations
in over 40 years. Among other things, the Department proposes to
clarify the scope of a school's responsibility for managing
incidents of sex discrimination, to codify procedural requirements
for the resolution of Title IX complaints, and to define key
concepts in the law.
The presentation was timed to accompany the publication of the
official rule, which arrived
on the same day the webinar was broadcast. Institutions and other
interested parties now have through January 28, 2019, to comment on
the Department's proposal.
