• Citizenship Rights
• Privileges or Immunities of Citizens
• Due Process Rights
• Equal Protection Rights

• prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities.
• all public and private  k-12 and postsecondary schools receiving any Federal funds must comply with Title IX.
• discrimination on the basis of sex can include sexual harassment or sexual violence, such as rape, sexual assault, sexual battery, and sexual coercion; dating violence; domestic violence; stalking; gender-based harassment

• try to understand the risk factor that might perpetuate physical and sexual forms of teen dating violence (TDV)
• create an algorithm to quantify the risk per the risk factors
• 1031 Southeast Texas students participated
• perpetration factors include
  • family violence
  • deficits in conflict resolution
  • violent dating history
  • acceptance of TDV
• findings can help in creating prevention initiatives

• A definition of dating violence.
• A plan for addressing the victim's safety.
• A plan for enforcing protective orders.
• A plan that includes school-based alternatives to protective orders.
• A plan for training teachers and administrators on Teen Dating Violence and district policies.
• A plan for counseling affected students.
• A plan for awareness education for students and parents.

• Any student who believes that he or she has experienced dating violence should immediately report the problem to:
  • a teacher
  • school counselor
  • principal
  • district employee.
• The report may be made by the student’s parent. 
• Other stakeholders may make a referral by using RRISD's Anonymous Alert App found at https://roundrockisd.org/anonymousalerts/

• Administration will conduct an investigation and consult with the appropriate authorities.
• Every reasonable effort will be made to protect the due process rights of the alleged perpetrator 
• Administration will notify the parent(s) after the investigation if necessary
• School Counselors will follow district protocols and  recommend multiple interventions.

• teach healthy relationship practices.
• create safe environments for students.
• support kids if they are in a violent situation.

• Keep yourself up-to-date on current  issues and data related to teen dating violence and their signs.
• Know your legal obligations in these situations.
• Be mindful of your fields ethical standards.
• Rely on your campus' counseling team for advice and guidance when you feel unsure on what to do.

• Attorneys General from Washington, D.C., and New York each brought lawsuits against Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on June 4, 2020.
• They sought to stop the implementation on her new regulations.
• The new regulations narrow the definition of sexual harassment and creates a courtroom-style structure in which both the accuser and the accused must participate – in person or virtually.  They can ask each other questions through a surrogate.
• The attorneys general argued the new Title IX regulations will limit the incidents colleges need to address and undermine the federal sex discrimination law.
• Federal judges in both states denied injunctions against the new regulations. 

• physical: hitting, kicking, pushing
• sexual: forcing a partner to take part in a sex act 
• verbal/emotional: name-calling, insulting, threatening; isolating the student from friends and family or attempting to do so
• Stalking: repeated unwanted or threatening phone calls or messages, showing up unwanted
• Threats to hurt the student, the student’s family members, or members of the student’s household
• Destroying property belonging to the student;
• Threats to commit suicide or homicide if the student ends the relationship
• Threats to harm a student’s past or current partner.

• 1 in 11 female and approximately 1 in 14 male high school students report having experienced physical dating violence in the last year. 
• 1 in 9 females and 1 in 36 male high school students report having experienced sexual dating violence in the last year.
• 26% of women and 15% of men who have been victims of sexual violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner first experienced these or other forms of [dating] violence before age 18.

• redefine sexual harassment to the U.S. Supreme Court's definition of harassment in Title IX cases, which says that the reported sexual behavior must be "severe, pervasive and objectively offensive" enough to interfere with a student's education.
• A formal complaint must be filed against the accused before an investigation can begin.
• Creates a courtroom-style structure in which both the accuser and the accused must face each other – in person or virtually – where they can ask each other questions through a surrogate.

• The State of New York and the New York City Board of Education sues the  United States Department of Education ("DOE") and Elisabeth DeVos over new regulations (Final Rule) on sexual assault.
• Plaintiff accuse the DOE of failing to observe procedures required by law in issuing aspects of the Final Rule.
• Plaintiffs allege that the Final Rule contains significant unjustified amendments to the DOE's longstanding Title IX regulations, including new definitions of key terms.
• Plaintiffs claim the new changes limit schools' obligations to respond to sexual harassment
• Plaintiffs allege the Final Rule new grievance procedures are designed to protect accused students, and not to address the problems of sexual misconduct on school campuses.
• Plaintiffs filed a motion for preliminary injunction, seeking to stay the effective date pending judicial review.
• The ruling to the motion to intervene was denied.

(New York v. U.S. Dep't of Educ., 2020)