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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1557 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To implement title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 with respect |
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| 6 | 6 | | to elementary and secondary schools, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | FEBRUARY25, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. C |
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| 10 | 10 | | ASTEN(for himself, Ms. LOISFRANKELof Florida, Mrs. HAYES, and |
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| 11 | 11 | | Ms. T |
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| 12 | 12 | | ITUS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mittee on Education and Workforce |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To implement title IX of the Education Amendments of |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1972 with respect to elementary and secondary schools, |
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| 17 | 17 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Sexual Harass-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | ment in K–12 Act’’. 5 |
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| 23 | 23 | | SEC. 2. TITLE IX COORDINATOR. 6 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) I |
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| 25 | 25 | | NGENERAL.—For each local educational agency 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | that receives Federal financial assistance, the following re-8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | quirements shall apply: 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) The recipient shall increase the number of 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | full-time employees designated to serve as a Title IX 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Coordinator by at least one per— 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (A) 75,000 students in 7th grade or above 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | served by the recipient; and 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (B) 150,000 students in 6th grade or 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | below served by the recipient. 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) The recipient shall ensure that students, 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | parents and guardians of students, and staff are 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | made aware of these employees, their role, and the 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | times at which they are available to meet. 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (3) A Title IX Coordinator shall not have any 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | other school-related responsibilities that may create 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | a conflict of interest, including serving in the school 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | administrative leadership or local educational agency 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | administrative leadership (such as serving as a prin-16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | cipal, vice principal, headmaster, superintendent, 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | board member, general counsel, or athletics direc-18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | tor). 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (4) A Title IX Coordinator, along with a prin-20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | cipal, campus security, bus driver, teacher, counselor 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | or social worker, equity officer, coach, or any other 22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | staff member, shall be considered an appropriate 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | person to whom to disclose discrimination on the 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | basis of sex for purposes of the legal standards 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | under title IX of the Education Amendments of 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.). 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (b) D |
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| 62 | 62 | | UTIES.—Each Title IX Coordinator for a local 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | educational agency shall ensure the local educational agen-4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | cy’s compliance under Federal policies against discrimina-5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | tion on the basis of sex, including title IX of the Education 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), by doing 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | the following: 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | (1) Providing information and outreach so that 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | every individual receives sufficient and accessible in-10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | formation designed to make them aware of their 11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | rights under Federal, State, and local laws and poli-12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | cies against discrimination on the basis of sex, in-13 |
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| 73 | 73 | | cluding title IX of the Education Amendments of 14 |
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| 74 | 74 | | 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and the regulations 15 |
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| 75 | 75 | | promulgated to carry out such title, and that the 16 |
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| 76 | 76 | | local educational agency and its employees comply 17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | with those laws and policies, including receiving 18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | training on the laws and policies. 19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (2) Ensuring that notices of nondiscrimination, 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | relevant policies and grievance procedures, and cur-21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | rent contact information of all Title IX Coordinators 22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | are disseminated broadly and in an age-appropriate 23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | manner accessible to all students, parents, guard-24 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ians, and employees and applicants for admission or 25 |
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| 88 | 88 | | employment, including prominently on school 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | websites and in school handbooks. 2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | (3) Monitoring complaints alleging discrimina-3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | tion based on sex (including sexual orientation, gen-4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | der identity, sex characteristics (including intersex 5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | traits), pregnancy or related conditions, a medical 6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | condition related to domestic violence, dating vio-7 |
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| 95 | 95 | | lence, sexual assault, stalking, pregnancy or related 8 |
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| 96 | 96 | | conditions, and a sex stereotype), domestic violence, 9 |
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| 97 | 97 | | dating violence, sexual assault, sexual violence, stalk-10 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ing, and sex-based harassment, including supportive 11 |
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| 99 | 99 | | measures offered to complainants, reasonable accom-12 |
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| 100 | 100 | | modations for complainants and respondents with 13 |
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| 101 | 101 | | disabilities, and the outcomes of complaints. 14 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (4) Identifying patterns of discrimination on 15 |
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| 103 | 103 | | the basis of sex from complaints and addressing its 16 |
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| 104 | 104 | | impact on the school community. 17 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (5) Monitoring the education program or activ-18 |
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| 106 | 106 | | ity for barriers to reporting information about con-19 |
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| 107 | 107 | | duct that may constitute discrimination on the basis 20 |
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| 108 | 108 | | of sex and taking steps reasonably calculated to ad-21 |
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| 109 | 109 | | dress such barriers. 22 |
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| 110 | 110 | | (6) Coordinating dissemination, collection, and 23 |
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| 111 | 111 | | analysis of climate surveys, including the survey de-24 |
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| 112 | 112 | | scribed in section 4, and identifying and proactively 25 |
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| 116 | 116 | | addressing discrimination on the basis of sex in the 1 |
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| 117 | 117 | | local educational agency based on the results of cli-2 |
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| 118 | 118 | | mate surveys. 3 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (7) Overseeing age-appropriate, accessible, and 4 |
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| 120 | 120 | | trauma-informed annual sex-based harassment pre-5 |
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| 121 | 121 | | vention education and training for students, employ-6 |
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| 122 | 122 | | ees, volunteers, contractors, and other government 7 |
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| 123 | 123 | | employees who work in or with the local educational 8 |
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| 124 | 124 | | agency. 9 |
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| 125 | 125 | | (8) Ensuring that prevention education and 10 |
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| 126 | 126 | | training is inclusive of diverse communities and 11 |
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| 127 | 127 | | identities, informed by research, and conducted in 12 |
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| 128 | 128 | | partnership with local rape crisis centers, State sex-13 |
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| 129 | 129 | | ual assault coalitions or domestic violence coalitions, 14 |
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| 130 | 130 | | or community organizations that work on addressing 15 |
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| 131 | 131 | | discrimination on the basis of sex, including sex- 16 |
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| 132 | 132 | | based harassment in schools. 17 |
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| 133 | 133 | | (c) W |
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| 134 | 134 | | AIVERAUTHORIZED.— 18 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (1) I |
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| 136 | 136 | | N GENERAL.—A local educational agency 19 |
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| 137 | 137 | | that receives Federal financial assistance may re-20 |
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| 138 | 138 | | quest a waiver from the Secretary of one or more of 21 |
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| 139 | 139 | | the requirements under thus section on the basis 22 |
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| 140 | 140 | | that the requirement poses an insurmountable finan-23 |
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| 141 | 141 | | cial burden to the recipient and the recipient has 24 |
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| 145 | 145 | | been unable to secure sufficient grants under sub-1 |
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| 146 | 146 | | section (d). 2 |
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| 147 | 147 | | (2) A |
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| 148 | 148 | | LTERNATIVE PLAN.—The waiver process 3 |
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| 149 | 149 | | shall include requiring the recipient to submit an al-4 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ternative plan for ensuring students are aware of 5 |
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| 151 | 151 | | their rights under title IX of the Education Amend-6 |
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| 152 | 152 | | ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and have 7 |
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| 153 | 153 | | access to a Title IX Coordinator. At the very min-8 |
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| 154 | 154 | | imum within their alternative plan, the recipient 9 |
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| 155 | 155 | | shall establish a partnership, through a memo-10 |
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| 156 | 156 | | randum of understanding, with a local rape crisis 11 |
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| 157 | 157 | | center or a national or community-based organiza-12 |
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| 158 | 158 | | tion that specializes in trauma or crisis management 13 |
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| 159 | 159 | | and support. The memorandum of understanding 14 |
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| 160 | 160 | | shall establish a clear delineation of the roles and re-15 |
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| 161 | 161 | | sponsibilities of the partners, which shall also in-16 |
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| 162 | 162 | | clude providing prevention training and supporting 17 |
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| 163 | 163 | | measures when addressing reports about incidents of 18 |
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| 164 | 164 | | sex-based harassment. 19 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (3) F |
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| 166 | 166 | | AILURE TO FOLLOW ALTERNATIVE 20 |
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| 167 | 167 | | PLAN.—If the Secretary determines (based on a sub-21 |
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| 168 | 168 | | mitted complaint or otherwise) that a recipient has 22 |
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| 169 | 169 | | such a waiver approved but has not followed their al-23 |
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| 170 | 170 | | ternative plan, or if the Secretary determines that 24 |
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| 171 | 171 | | their plan was insufficient to prevent and respond to 25 |
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| 175 | 175 | | sex-based harassment and assault, the Secretary 1 |
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| 176 | 176 | | shall attempt a voluntary resolution. If a voluntary 2 |
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| 177 | 177 | | resolution is not possible during a reasonable period 3 |
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| 178 | 178 | | of time, the Secretary shall take such action as may 4 |
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| 179 | 179 | | be appropriate to withhold Federal financial assist-5 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ance. A waiver granted under this subsection shall 6 |
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| 181 | 181 | | be valid for 2 years. 7 |
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| 182 | 182 | | (d) G |
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| 183 | 183 | | RANTS.—To carry out this section, there are au-8 |
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| 184 | 184 | | thorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec-9 |
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| 185 | 185 | | essary for each of the first five fiscal years that begin after 10 |
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| 186 | 186 | | the effective date in subsection (e) for grants to local edu-11 |
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| 187 | 187 | | cational agencies to offset the financial burden of satis-12 |
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| 188 | 188 | | fying the requirements of this section. In making grants 13 |
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| 189 | 189 | | under this subsection, the Secretary shall give priority to 14 |
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| 190 | 190 | | local educational agencies that otherwise would face a high 15 |
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| 191 | 191 | | financial burden in fulfilling such requirements. 16 |
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| 192 | 192 | | (e) E |
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| 193 | 193 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—This section shall take effect 17 |
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| 194 | 194 | | 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 18 |
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| 195 | 195 | | SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR TRAINING ON HOW TO RESPOND TO 19 |
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| 196 | 196 | | SIGNS OF SEX-BASED HARASSMENT AND AS-20 |
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| 197 | 197 | | SAULT OF STUDENTS. 21 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (a) I |
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| 199 | 199 | | NGENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 22 |
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| 200 | 200 | | make grants to local educational agencies to train elemen-23 |
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| 201 | 201 | | tary school and secondary school teachers and other school 24 |
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| 202 | 202 | | staff on how to prevent, recognize, and respond to signs 25 |
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| 206 | 206 | | of sex-based harassment and assault among students or 1 |
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| 207 | 207 | | between students and adults. 2 |
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| 208 | 208 | | (b) A |
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| 209 | 209 | | PPLICATIONS.— 3 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (1) I |
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| 211 | 211 | | N GENERAL.—Any local educational agency 4 |
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| 212 | 212 | | desiring to receive a grant under this section for any 5 |
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| 213 | 213 | | fiscal year shall submit an application to the Sec-6 |
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| 214 | 214 | | retary at such time and in such manner as the Sec-7 |
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| 215 | 215 | | retary may require. Each such application shall— 8 |
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| 216 | 216 | | (A) include a plan to provide the training 9 |
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| 217 | 217 | | described in subsection (a); and 10 |
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| 218 | 218 | | (B) demonstrate how the grant funds will 11 |
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| 219 | 219 | | be used to meet the needs for such training. 12 |
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| 220 | 220 | | (2) D |
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| 221 | 221 | | EADLINE.—The Secretary shall award 13 |
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| 222 | 222 | | grants under this section not later than 6 months 14 |
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| 223 | 223 | | after the deadline for grant application submission 15 |
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| 224 | 224 | | established under paragraph (1). 16 |
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| 225 | 225 | | (c) E |
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| 226 | 226 | | QUITABLEDISTRIBUTION.—To the extent prac-17 |
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| 227 | 227 | | ticable, in awarding grants under this section, the Sec-18 |
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| 228 | 228 | | retary shall— 19 |
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| 229 | 229 | | (1) ensure an equitable geographic distribution 20 |
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| 230 | 230 | | of grants under this section, including the distribu-21 |
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| 231 | 231 | | tion of such grants between rural and urban areas; 22 |
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| 236 | 236 | | (2) give priority to local educational agencies 1 |
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| 237 | 237 | | that have jurisdiction over an underserved area or 2 |
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| 238 | 238 | | areas. 3 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (d) P |
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| 240 | 240 | | RIORITIES.—In allocating funds to local edu-4 |
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| 241 | 241 | | cational agencies under this section, the Secretary shall 5 |
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| 242 | 242 | | consider the quality of the applications submitted, but the 6 |
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| 243 | 243 | | Secretary shall give priority to local educational agencies 7 |
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| 244 | 244 | | whose applications include any of the following: 8 |
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| 245 | 245 | | (1) A demonstration that the applicant does not 9 |
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| 246 | 246 | | receive other Federal, State, or local funds to carry 10 |
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| 247 | 247 | | out the activities described in this section. 11 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (2) Statements of support from students or stu-12 |
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| 249 | 249 | | dent groups. 13 |
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| 250 | 250 | | (e) S |
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| 251 | 251 | | UPPLEMENT, NOTSUPPLANT.—Grant funds 14 |
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| 252 | 252 | | provided under this section shall be used to supplement, 15 |
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| 253 | 253 | | not supplant, other Federal or State funds available to 16 |
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| 254 | 254 | | carry out the activities described in this section. 17 |
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| 255 | 255 | | (f) A |
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| 256 | 256 | | UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 18 |
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| 257 | 257 | | out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated 19 |
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| 258 | 258 | | to the Secretary of Education $50,000,000 for each of the 20 |
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| 259 | 259 | | first five fiscal years that begin after the date of the enact-21 |
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| 260 | 260 | | ment of this Act. 22 |
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| 261 | 261 | | SEC. 4. SEX-BASED HARASSMENT SURVEYS. 23 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (a) S |
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| 263 | 263 | | EX-BASEDHARASSMENTSURVEY.— 24 |
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| 267 | 267 | | (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education, 1 |
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| 268 | 268 | | in consultation with the Attorney General and the 2 |
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| 269 | 269 | | Director of the Centers for Disease Control of the 3 |
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| 270 | 270 | | Department of Health and Human Services, shall 4 |
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| 271 | 271 | | develop an empirically validated sex-based harass-5 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ment survey to be conducted on an anonymous basis 6 |
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| 273 | 273 | | of elementary school and secondary school students 7 |
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| 274 | 274 | | and staff. The survey shall assess, for the preceding 8 |
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| 275 | 275 | | calendar year for which data is available, instances 9 |
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| 276 | 276 | | of sex-based harassment carried out by students or 10 |
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| 277 | 277 | | staff, including instances of sex-based harassment 11 |
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| 278 | 278 | | that occur off school property and that involve online 12 |
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| 279 | 279 | | conduct. The Secretary shall ensure that the survey 13 |
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| 280 | 280 | | questions vary between staff and students and for 14 |
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| 281 | 281 | | different age groups in order to ensure that the 15 |
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| 282 | 282 | | questions are developmentally appropriate. 16 |
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| 283 | 283 | | (2) D |
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| 284 | 284 | | EVELOPMENT OF ADMINISTRATION MECH -17 |
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| 285 | 285 | | ANISM.—The Secretary of Education, in consultation 18 |
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| 286 | 286 | | with the Attorney General and the Director of the 19 |
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| 287 | 287 | | Centers for Disease Control of the Department of 20 |
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| 288 | 288 | | Health and Human Services, shall develop a mecha-21 |
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| 289 | 289 | | nism by which local educational agencies may, with 22 |
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| 290 | 290 | | respect to the survey developed pursuant to this sec-23 |
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| 291 | 291 | | tion— 24 |
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| 292 | 292 | | (A) administer such survey; and 25 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (B) modify such survey to include addi-1 |
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| 297 | 297 | | tional elements or requirements, as determined 2 |
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| 298 | 298 | | by the agency. 3 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (3) L |
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| 300 | 300 | | OCAL ADMINISTRATION.— 4 |
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| 301 | 301 | | (A) I |
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| 302 | 302 | | N GENERAL.—Beginning not later 5 |
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| 303 | 303 | | than 2 years after the date on which the Sec-6 |
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| 304 | 304 | | retary of Education makes available to local 7 |
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| 305 | 305 | | educational agencies the mechanism described 8 |
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| 306 | 306 | | in paragraph (2), and every year thereafter, 9 |
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| 307 | 307 | | each local educational agency that receives Fed-10 |
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| 308 | 308 | | eral financial assistance shall administer the 11 |
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| 309 | 309 | | survey developed pursuant to this section to ele-12 |
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| 310 | 310 | | mentary school and secondary school students 13 |
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| 311 | 311 | | and staff. 14 |
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| 312 | 312 | | (B) A |
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| 313 | 313 | | CCESSIBILITY.—Local educational 15 |
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| 314 | 314 | | agencies shall ensure that the survey is admin-16 |
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| 315 | 315 | | istered in such a way as to be readily accessible 17 |
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| 316 | 316 | | to, and usable by, individuals with disabilities. 18 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (b) R |
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| 318 | 318 | | EQUIREMENTS.—The survey developed pursu-19 |
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| 319 | 319 | | ant to this section— 20 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (1) shall be fair and unbiased, be reliable, be 21 |
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| 321 | 321 | | trauma-informed, meet the highest standards of sur-22 |
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| 322 | 322 | | vey research, and notify the participant using age- 23 |
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| 323 | 323 | | appropriate language that anonymized results of the 24 |
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| 324 | 324 | | survey may be published; and 25 |
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| 328 | 328 | | (2) shall ensure that the responses to the sur-1 |
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| 329 | 329 | | vey questions— 2 |
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| 330 | 330 | | (A) are collected by individuals who are 3 |
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| 331 | 331 | | not in daily or close contact with the students; 4 |
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| 332 | 332 | | and 5 |
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| 333 | 333 | | (B) in a case in which such responses are 6 |
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| 334 | 334 | | included in a report, do not include personally 7 |
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| 335 | 335 | | identifiable information. 8 |
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| 336 | 336 | | (c) S |
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| 337 | 337 | | TATISTICS.—Beginning 6 months after the re-9 |
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| 338 | 338 | | sults of the first survey developed pursuant to this section 10 |
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| 339 | 339 | | are available, the Secretary of Education, in consultation 11 |
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| 340 | 340 | | with the Attorney General and the Director of the Centers 12 |
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| 341 | 341 | | for Disease Control of the Department of Health and 13 |
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| 342 | 342 | | Human Services, shall compile statistics based upon their 14 |
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| 343 | 343 | | analysis of the results of such survey. Such officials shall 15 |
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| 344 | 344 | | update, conduct, and compile the results of, the survey 16 |
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| 345 | 345 | | every 2 years thereafter. The compiled statistics should 17 |
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| 346 | 346 | | be disaggregated by local educational agency, except that 18 |
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| 347 | 347 | | such disaggregation shall not be required in the case of 19 |
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| 348 | 348 | | a local educational agency of a size such that the results 20 |
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| 349 | 349 | | would reveal personally identifiable information about an 21 |
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| 350 | 350 | | individual student, in which case, an alternate basis for 22 |
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| 351 | 351 | | disaggregation shall be selected. 23 |
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| 352 | 352 | | (d) P |
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| 354 | 354 | | under subsection (c) shall be made publicly available on 25 |
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| 359 | 359 | | accessible to and usable by individuals, including individ-2 |
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| 360 | 360 | | uals with disabilities. 3 |
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| 361 | 361 | | (e) O |
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| 362 | 362 | | PTIONS.—The survey shall give— 4 |
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| 363 | 363 | | (1) students the option to report their demo-5 |
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| 364 | 364 | | graphic information; and 6 |
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| 365 | 365 | | (2) parents and guardians of students the op-7 |
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| 366 | 366 | | tion to opt their student out of the survey. 8 |
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| 367 | 367 | | (f) T |
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| 368 | 368 | | OPICS.—Survey questions included in the survey 9 |
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| 369 | 369 | | tool developed pursuant to this section— 10 |
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| 370 | 370 | | (1) shall be designed to gather information on 11 |
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| 371 | 371 | | student experiences with sex-based harassment; 12 |
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| 372 | 372 | | (2) shall use trauma-informed language to pre-13 |
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| 373 | 373 | | vent re-traumatization; and 14 |
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| 374 | 374 | | (3) subject to subsection (a), shall address— 15 |
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| 375 | 375 | | (A) whether the instances of sex-based 16 |
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| 376 | 376 | | harassment described were experienced in-per-17 |
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| 377 | 377 | | son or through electronic means; 18 |
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| 378 | 378 | | (B) the effectiveness of school sexual vio-19 |
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| 379 | 379 | | lence awareness and prevention programs and 20 |
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| 380 | 380 | | policies for the overall student body and dif-21 |
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| 381 | 381 | | ferent student populations, such as students of 22 |
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| 382 | 382 | | color, students in the LGBTQ communities, im-23 |
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| 383 | 383 | | migrant students, pregnant and parenting stu-24 |
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| 384 | 384 | | dents, and students with disabilities; 25 |
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| 388 | 388 | | (C) students’ awareness of school policies 1 |
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| 389 | 389 | | and procedures, including the location and proc-2 |
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| 390 | 390 | | ess for accessing school resources, such as a 3 |
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| 391 | 391 | | Title IX Coordinator designated by the school 4 |
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| 392 | 392 | | pursuant to title IX of the Education Amend-5 |
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| 393 | 393 | | ments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and the 6 |
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| 394 | 394 | | regulations promulgated to carry out such title; 7 |
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| 395 | 395 | | (D) whether individuals impacted by sex- 8 |
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| 396 | 396 | | based harassment have experienced negative ef-9 |
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| 397 | 397 | | fects on their education, including diminished 10 |
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| 398 | 398 | | grades, dropped classes, or leaves of absence; 11 |
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| 399 | 399 | | (E) whether the alleged discrimination on 12 |
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| 400 | 400 | | the basis of sex or sex-based harassment was 13 |
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| 401 | 401 | | allegedly committed by a student, school em-14 |
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| 402 | 402 | | ployee, or volunteer and other contextual fac-15 |
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| 403 | 403 | | tors; 16 |
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| 404 | 404 | | (F) whether individuals impacted by sex- 17 |
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| 405 | 405 | | based harassment reported or did not report the 18 |
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| 406 | 406 | | incident to the school; 19 |
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| 407 | 407 | | (G) if such an individual did so report to 20 |
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| 408 | 408 | | the school, to whom they reported, and what re-21 |
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| 409 | 409 | | sponse the survivor received to include being in-22 |
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| 410 | 410 | | formed of, or referred to, national, State, local, 23 |
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| 411 | 411 | | tribal, or resources; 24 |
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| 415 | 415 | | (H) if such an individual reported to the 1 |
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| 416 | 416 | | school— 2 |
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| 417 | 417 | | (i) did the school conduct an inves-3 |
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| 418 | 418 | | tigation; 4 |
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| 419 | 419 | | (ii) if an investigation was conducted, 5 |
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| 420 | 420 | | how long did the investigation take; and 6 |
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| 421 | 421 | | (iii) if an investigation was conducted, 7 |
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| 422 | 422 | | what was the final resolution of the inves-8 |
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| 423 | 423 | | tigation; 9 |
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| 424 | 424 | | (I) if such an individual did so report, 10 |
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| 425 | 425 | | whether they experienced retaliation following 11 |
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| 426 | 426 | | the reporting; 12 |
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| 427 | 427 | | (J) attitudes toward sexual violence and 13 |
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| 428 | 428 | | harassment, including individuals’ willingness to 14 |
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| 429 | 429 | | intervene as a bystander of sex-based, race- 15 |
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| 430 | 430 | | based, national-origin-based, sexual-orientation- 16 |
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| 431 | 431 | | based, gender-identity-based, and disability- 17 |
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| 432 | 432 | | based discrimination, harassment, assault, do-18 |
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| 433 | 433 | | mestic violence, dating violence, and stalking; 19 |
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| 434 | 434 | | (K) perception of school safety and con-20 |
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| 435 | 435 | | fidence in the school’s ability to appropriately 21 |
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| 436 | 436 | | address sex-based, race-based, national-origin- 22 |
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| 437 | 437 | | based, sexual-orientation-based, gender-identity- 23 |
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| 438 | 438 | | based, and disability-based discrimination, har-24 |
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| 442 | 442 | | assment, assault, domestic violence, dating vio-1 |
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| 443 | 443 | | lence, and stalking; and 2 |
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| 444 | 444 | | (L) any other issues relating to sex-based, 3 |
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| 445 | 445 | | race-based, national-origin-based, sexual-ori-4 |
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| 446 | 446 | | entation-based, gender-identity-based, and dis-5 |
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| 447 | 447 | | ability-based discrimination, harassment, as-6 |
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| 448 | 448 | | sault, domestic violence, dating violence, and 7 |
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| 449 | 449 | | stalking, as appropriate. 8 |
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| 450 | 450 | | (g) C |
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| 451 | 451 | | OMPLETEDSURVEYS.—The Secretary of Edu-9 |
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| 452 | 452 | | cation shall require each local educational agency that ad-10 |
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| 453 | 453 | | ministers the survey tool developed pursuant to this sec-11 |
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| 454 | 454 | | tion to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that 12 |
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| 455 | 455 | | an adequate, random, and representative sample size of 13 |
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| 456 | 456 | | students (as determined by the Secretary) enrolled at ele-14 |
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| 457 | 457 | | mentary schools and secondary schools under the jurisdic-15 |
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| 458 | 458 | | tion of the agency complete the survey tool developed pur-16 |
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| 459 | 459 | | suant to this section. 17 |
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| 460 | 460 | | (h) R |
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| 461 | 461 | | EPORTS.—Beginning not later than 5 years 18 |
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| 462 | 462 | | after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 19 |
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| 463 | 463 | | of Education— 20 |
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| 464 | 464 | | (1) shall prepare an annual report on the infor-21 |
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| 465 | 465 | | mation gained from the standardized elements of the 22 |
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| 466 | 466 | | survey under this section and publish such report in 23 |
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| 467 | 467 | | an accessible format on the website of the Depart-24 |
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| 468 | 468 | | ment of Education, including as part of any online 25 |
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| 472 | 472 | | consumer tool offered or supported by the Depart-1 |
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| 473 | 473 | | ment of Education that provides information to stu-2 |
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| 474 | 474 | | dents regarding specific educational institutions; and 3 |
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| 475 | 475 | | (2) shall submit such report to the Congress. 4 |
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| 476 | 476 | | (i) A |
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| 477 | 477 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 5 |
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| 478 | 478 | | are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry 6 |
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| 479 | 479 | | out this section for each of the first five fiscal years that 7 |
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| 480 | 480 | | begin after the date of the enactment of this Act. 8 |
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| 481 | 481 | | SEC. 5. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 9 |
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| 482 | 482 | | Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt, 10 |
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| 483 | 483 | | invalidate, or limit rights, remedies, procedures, or legal 11 |
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| 484 | 484 | | standards available to victims of discrimination or retalia-12 |
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| 485 | 485 | | tion under any other Federal law or law of a State or polit-13 |
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| 486 | 486 | | ical subdivision of a State, including titles VI and VII of 14 |
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| 487 | 487 | | the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), 15 |
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| 488 | 488 | | title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 16 |
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| 489 | 489 | | 1681 et seq.), section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 17 |
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| 490 | 490 | | 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), the Americans with Disabilities Act 18 |
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| 491 | 491 | | of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), or section 1979 of the 19 |
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| 492 | 492 | | Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983). The obligations im-20 |
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| 493 | 493 | | posed by this Act are in addition to those imposed by those 21 |
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| 494 | 494 | | Acts. 22 |
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| 495 | 495 | | SEC. 6. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 23 |
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| 496 | 496 | | It is the sense of the Congress that it is valuable for 24 |
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| 497 | 497 | | students to have access to confidential reporting of sex- 25 |
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| 501 | 501 | | based harassment and abuse, and schools should attempt 1 |
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| 502 | 502 | | to provide that to the extent possible in accordance with 2 |
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| 503 | 503 | | State and local laws. 3 |
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| 504 | 504 | | SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 4 |
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| 505 | 505 | | In this Act: 5 |
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| 506 | 506 | | (1) The term ‘‘dating violence’’ has the mean-6 |
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| 507 | 507 | | ing given the term in section 40002(a) of the Vio-7 |
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| 508 | 508 | | lence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 8 |
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| 509 | 509 | | 12291(a)). 9 |
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| 510 | 510 | | (2) The term ‘‘discrimination on the basis of 10 |
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| 511 | 511 | | sex’’ includes discrimination on the basis of sex 11 |
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| 512 | 512 | | stereotypes, sex characteristics, pregnancy or related 12 |
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| 513 | 513 | | conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity. 13 |
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| 514 | 514 | | (3) The term ‘‘domestic violence’’ has the 14 |
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| 515 | 515 | | meaning given the term in section 40002(a) of the 15 |
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| 516 | 516 | | Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 16 |
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| 517 | 517 | | 12291(a)). 17 |
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| 518 | 518 | | (4) The term ‘‘elementary school’’ means— 18 |
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| 519 | 519 | | (A) an elementary school as defined by sec-19 |
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| 520 | 520 | | tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 20 |
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| 521 | 521 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); and 21 |
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| 522 | 522 | | (B) a public or private preschool. 22 |
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| 523 | 523 | | (5) The term ‘‘Federal financial assistance’’ 23 |
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| 524 | 524 | | means any of the following, when authorized or ex-24 |
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| 525 | 525 | | tended under a law administered by the Secretary: 25 |
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| 529 | 529 | | (A) A grant or loan of Federal financial 1 |
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| 530 | 530 | | assistance, including funds made available for— 2 |
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| 531 | 531 | | (i) the acquisition, construction, ren-3 |
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| 532 | 532 | | ovation, restoration, or repair of a building 4 |
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| 533 | 533 | | or facility or any portion thereof; and 5 |
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| 534 | 534 | | (ii) scholarships, loans, grants, wages 6 |
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| 535 | 535 | | or other funds extended to any entity for 7 |
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| 536 | 536 | | payment to or on behalf of students admit-8 |
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| 537 | 537 | | ted to that entity, or extended directly to 9 |
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| 538 | 538 | | such students for payment to that entity. 10 |
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| 539 | 539 | | (B) A grant of Federal real or personal 11 |
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| 540 | 540 | | property or any interest therein, including sur-12 |
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| 541 | 541 | | plus property, and the proceeds of the sale or 13 |
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| 542 | 542 | | transfer of such property, if the Federal share 14 |
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| 543 | 543 | | of the fair market value of the property is not, 15 |
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| 544 | 544 | | upon such sale or transfer, properly accounted 16 |
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| 545 | 545 | | for to the Federal Government. 17 |
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| 546 | 546 | | (C) Provision of the services of Federal 18 |
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| 547 | 547 | | personnel. 19 |
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| 548 | 548 | | (D) Sale or lease of Federal property or 20 |
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| 549 | 549 | | any interest therein at nominal consideration, 21 |
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| 550 | 550 | | or at consideration reduced for the purpose of 22 |
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| 551 | 551 | | assisting the recipient or in recognition of pub-23 |
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| 552 | 552 | | lic interest to be served thereby, or permission 24 |
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| 556 | 556 | | to use Federal property or any interest therein 1 |
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| 557 | 557 | | without consideration. 2 |
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| 558 | 558 | | (E) Any other contract, agreement, or ar-3 |
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| 559 | 559 | | rangement which has as one of its purposes the 4 |
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| 560 | 560 | | provision of assistance to any education pro-5 |
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| 561 | 561 | | gram or activity, except a contract of insurance 6 |
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| 562 | 562 | | or guaranty. 7 |
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| 563 | 563 | | (6) The term ‘‘institution of vocational edu-8 |
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| 564 | 564 | | cation’’ means a school or institution (except an in-9 |
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| 565 | 565 | | stitution of professional or graduate or under-10 |
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| 566 | 566 | | graduate higher education) which has as its primary 11 |
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| 567 | 567 | | purpose preparation of students to pursue a tech-12 |
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| 568 | 568 | | nical, skilled, or semiskilled occupation or trade, or 13 |
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| 569 | 569 | | to pursue study in a technical field, whether or not 14 |
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| 570 | 570 | | the school or institution offers certificates, diplomas, 15 |
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| 571 | 571 | | or degrees and whether or not it offers full-time 16 |
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| 572 | 572 | | study. 17 |
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| 573 | 573 | | (7) The term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has 18 |
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| 574 | 574 | | the meaning given such term in section 8101 of the 19 |
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| 575 | 575 | | Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 20 |
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| 576 | 576 | | (8 U.S.C. 7801). 21 |
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| 577 | 577 | | (8) The term ‘‘pregnancy or related conditions’’ 22 |
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| 578 | 578 | | includes pregnancy, childbirth, termination of preg-23 |
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| 579 | 579 | | nancy, lactation, miscarriage, fertility care, contra-24 |
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| 584 | 584 | | tions, including recovery from such conditions. 2 |
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| 585 | 585 | | (9) The term ‘‘recipient’’ means any State or 3 |
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| 586 | 586 | | political subdivision thereof, or any instrumentality 4 |
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| 587 | 587 | | of a State or political subdivision thereof, any public 5 |
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| 588 | 588 | | or private agency, institution, or organization, or 6 |
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| 589 | 589 | | other entity, or any person, to whom Federal finan-7 |
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| 590 | 590 | | cial assistance is extended directly or through an-8 |
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| 591 | 591 | | other recipient and which operates an education pro-9 |
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| 592 | 592 | | gram or activity which receives such assistance, in-10 |
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| 593 | 593 | | cluding any subunit, successor, assignee, or trans-11 |
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| 594 | 594 | | feree thereof. 12 |
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| 595 | 595 | | (10) The term ‘‘secondary school’’ means— 13 |
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| 596 | 596 | | (A) a secondary school as defined by sec-14 |
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| 597 | 597 | | tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 15 |
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| 598 | 598 | | Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); and 16 |
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| 599 | 599 | | (B) an institution of vocational education 17 |
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| 600 | 600 | | that serves secondary school students. 18 |
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| 601 | 601 | | (11) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 19 |
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| 602 | 602 | | of Education. 20 |
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| 603 | 603 | | (12) The term ‘‘sex-based harassment’’ includes 21 |
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| 604 | 604 | | the following: 22 |
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| 605 | 605 | | (A) Sexual assault, domestic violence, dat-23 |
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| 606 | 606 | | ing violence, or stalking. 24 |
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| 610 | 610 | | (B) Unwelcome conduct, including indirect 1 |
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| 611 | 611 | | or nonverbal conduct, of a sexual nature, in-2 |
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| 612 | 612 | | cluding conduct undertaken in whole or in part 3 |
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| 613 | 613 | | through the use of electronic messaging serv-4 |
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| 614 | 614 | | ices, commercial mobile services, electronic com-5 |
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| 615 | 615 | | munications, or other technology. 6 |
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| 616 | 616 | | (C) Other conduct on the basis of sex that 7 |
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| 617 | 617 | | is one of the following: 8 |
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| 618 | 618 | | (i) Conduct that negatively alters a 9 |
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| 619 | 619 | | person’s ability to participate in or receive 10 |
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| 620 | 620 | | any aid, benefit, service, or opportunity 11 |
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| 621 | 621 | | from an education program or activity that 12 |
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| 622 | 622 | | receives Federal financial assistance, in-13 |
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| 623 | 623 | | cluding by creating an intimidating, hos-14 |
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| 624 | 624 | | tile, or offensive environment. 15 |
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| 625 | 625 | | (ii) Conduct carried out by an em-16 |
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| 626 | 626 | | ployee, agent, or other person authorized 17 |
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| 627 | 627 | | by the recipient to provide any aid, benefit, 18 |
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| 628 | 628 | | service, or opportunity under the recipi-19 |
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| 629 | 629 | | ent’s education program or activity that in-20 |
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| 630 | 630 | | volves such employee, agent, or other per-21 |
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| 631 | 631 | | son explicitly or impliedly conditioning the 22 |
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| 632 | 632 | | provision of such an aid, benefit, service, 23 |
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| 633 | 633 | | or opportunity on a person’s participation 24 |
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| 634 | 634 | | in sexual conduct, regardless of whether 25 |
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| 639 | 639 | | duct. 2 |
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| 640 | 640 | | (13) The term ‘‘sexual assault’’ means an of-3 |
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| 641 | 641 | | fense classified as a forcible or nonforcible sex of-4 |
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| 642 | 642 | | fense under the uniform crime reporting system of 5 |
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| 643 | 643 | | the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 6 |
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| 644 | 644 | | (14) The term ‘‘stalking’’ means engaging in a 7 |
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| 645 | 645 | | course of conduct directed at a specific person that 8 |
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| 646 | 646 | | would cause a reasonable person to— 9 |
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| 647 | 647 | | (A) fear for the person’s safety or the safe-10 |
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| 648 | 648 | | ty of others; or 11 |
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| 649 | 649 | | (B) suffer substantial emotional distress. 12 |
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| 650 | 650 | | (15) The term ‘‘Title IX Coordinator’’ means— 13 |
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| 651 | 651 | | (A) the employee of a recipient designated 14 |
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| 652 | 652 | | or authorized to coordinate the recipient’s ef-15 |
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| 653 | 653 | | forts to comply with its responsibilities under 16 |
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| 654 | 654 | | title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 17 |
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| 655 | 655 | | (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) and the regulations 18 |
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| 656 | 656 | | promulgated to carry out such title; or 19 |
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| 657 | 657 | | (B) one or more designees selected to carry 20 |
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| 658 | 658 | | out some of the recipient’s responsibilities for 21 |
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| 659 | 659 | | compliance with title IX of the Education 22 |
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| 660 | 660 | | Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), 23 |
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| 661 | 661 | | and the regulations promulgated to carry out 24 |
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