Title IX and VAWA Training: Building Safer Campuses

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1. This course contains a comprehensive training program regarding Title IX and VAWA requirements, including review of the relevant policies and procedures of your institution. However, because the U.S. Department of Education has not endorsed any model of Title IX or VAWA training, the course may not meet all aspects of an institution's training obligations. We encourage Title IX Coordinators and other officials at the institution to review and utilize the additional training materials included in the Additional Resources section of this course that are designed for supplemental campus sexual violence prevention and awareness training for employees.

2. Institutions utilizing this training should be prepared to provide each trainee, in advance of taking the course, with a copy of the institution's (a) current Title IX policy and associated grievance procedure and (b) latest Clery Act Annual Security Report (containing 2013, 2014 and 2015 crime statistics and required Violence Against Women Act statements of policy).

3. The discussion of the Clery Act included in this training is limited to the employee training requirements imposed by VAWA.

4. In addition to Title IX and VAWA, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA), state criminal and civil statutes, and other federal or state laws may apply to the conduct discussed in this course.

5. This course contains information made available by the U.S. Department of Education. The content of the course will be reviewed on a semi-annual basis in January and July of each year to make any required updates based on changes in Title IX or VAWA law or guidance, unless significant developments in the law require more immediate updates. Summaries of course updates will be posted in the Performance Group associated with the course. These updates do not replace an institution’s obligation to provide comprehensive training at least annually to employees. Each individual taking this course will be provided with an email reminder of the annual training obligation prior to their one-year anniversary of taking this course.
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Module 1: Overview of Title IX and VAWA

Explain the purpose of Title IX.
Describe what types of conduct constitute sexual harassment and sexual violence.
Identify the crimes of sexual violence (“VAWA crimes”) required to be tracked and reported by institutions under the Clery Act.
Recognize how VAWA expanded institutional policy and procedural requirements designed to prevent, promptly and fairly respond to, and remedy harm occurring to students from crimes of sexual violence.
Explain the relationship between Title IX, VAWA, and the Clery Act.

Module 2: Reporting and Response

Explain the role and responsibility of a Title IX Coordinator.
Describe how and to whom students and employees can report sexual harassment and sexual violence at your institution.
Recognize when your institution is considered to be “on notice” of sexual harassment or sexual violence and what actions the institution must take to respond.
Contrast the role of a Responsible Employee to that of a Title IX Coordinator.
Assess the obligation of a school to keep Title IX complaints and victim identity confidential and the limitations of that confidentiality.

Module 3: Investigations and Disciplinary Procedures

Recognize the elements that must be contained in grievance procedures used by an institution to receive and evaluate complaints of sexual harassment.
Identify the additional elements that must be contained in procedures for institutional disciplinary action in cases of alleged dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
Explain how a Title IX Investigation is conducted.
Contrast the purpose and standard of proof in an institutional Title IX proceeding with a criminal proceeding.
Recognize how off-campus conduct can implicate a school’s Title IX investigation obligations and how Title IX and VAWA off-campus jurisdiction differ.

Module 4: Prevention and Education

Explain the sanctions and remedial measures your institution may impose for a VAWA crime.
Explain the prohibition against retaliation for reporting or being involved in a disciplinary proceeding regarding a Title IX offense, including VAWA crime.
Gain a basic familiarity with VAWA crime definitions under the Clery Act.
Examine the meaning of consent, including under the state law where your institution is located.
Describe strategies for bystander intervention to prevent sexual violence.
Recognize the dynamics of sexual assault, including key aspects of victim behavior, trauma response, intimate partner violence, and capacity to consent.

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Title IX and VAWA Training: Building Safer Campuses