Hitting the Moving Target of Title IX
By Jackie Gharapour Wernz
Partner
Franczek P.C.
2020 was unprecedented. The year brought the COVID-19 outbreak, racial unrest that gripped the country and a presidential election like no other. It also brought a significant change in how schools must respond to complaints of sexual harassment by students, employees and other members of the school community. The changes came via updates to the regulations, or rules, implementing Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. The 2020 Title IX regulations may have been a blip on your radar, but understandably may not have registered as much as they might have in a quieter year.