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A Closer Look at the Title IX Proposed Rules: Coordination Between Title IX and Disability/Accessibility Services
As keen readers may have noticed, the Department of Education included many references to disability throughout its 2022 proposed Title IX regulations and in the 500+ page preamble that explains why certain changes or additions are being proposed. While some of the...
CHIPS and Science Act Includes Efforts to STEM Sexual Harassment
CHIPS and Science Act Includes Efforts to STEM Sexual Harassment CHIPS Act of 2022 Recent legislation includes significant policy changes relating to sexual harassment for funding recipients in the STEM fields. This legislation also includes tens of millions...
Meet Omar Torres
We are pleased to announce our newest Director of Strategic Partnerships and Client Relations, Dr. Omar Torres. Dr. Torres will work with schools and collectives across the southeast region in his role at Grand River Solutions. Managing Director Jody Shipper shares,...
Federal Judge Blocks LGBTQI+ Protections In 20 States
On July 15, 2022 a federal judge in Tennessee blocked enforcement of some federal agency guidance in twenty states* whose attorneys general had sued the agencies. Those documents, issued by the Department of Education and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,...
OCR Publishes Revised Questions and Answers on the 2020 Title IX Regulations on Sexual Harassment on June 28, 2022
On Tuesday June 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) updated the Questions and Answers on the Title IX Regulations on Sexual Harassment, which was originally issued in July 2021. The update reflects the court ruling in Victim...
U.S. Department of Education Releases Draft Title IX Regulations: So, What’s Next?
The U.S. Department of Education (“Department”) released its draft Title IX regulations on the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, June 23, 2022. You can find the draft regulations here. So, what happens next? These are draft regulations, and the Department...
OCR Announces Resolution of Pregnancy Discrimination Investigation of Salt Lake Community College
On June 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced they reached a resolution agreement with Salt Lake Community College regarding a student’s complaint of pregnancy discrimination. At the crux of OCR’s finding was that the College...
Department of Justice Weighs in on School District’s Potential Liability for Alleged Discrimination by Outsourced School Resource Officers
The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently filed a statement of interest in a pending federal court case on disability discrimination. The DOJ files a brief like this when the government has an interest in clarifying the law at issue, or how the law is applied. Here the...
New York Education Law 129-B Certification Reminder: A Message from Andrea and Joe for New York Schools
An important reminder for New York schools: July 1 is the annual deadline for certification submission to the New York State Education Department (SED). This year is a “basic” certification year, requiring only the signed form certifying compliance with 129-A and...
Grand River Solutions Welcomes Kateeka Harris
Grand River Solutions is thrilled to announce that nationally recognized expert Kateeka Harris will be joining our team as a Senior Solutions Specialist. Kateeka is the previous past president for the Association for Student Conduct Administration, where she also...