公平与包容副总裁，第九条协调员
“在美国没有人.S. 应, 在性别的基础上被排除参与, 或者被剥夺了好处, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid."
标题20 U.S.C. § 1681-1688.
第九条 is a federal law that prohibits all educational institutions who receive federal funding from discriminating against its students, 员工, 以及校园里的第三方和访客, 以性为基础. 第九条 also prohibits discrimination on the basis of pregnancy and/or pregnancy related conditions, 这是一种性别歧视.
第九条 forbids sex discrimination in all university student 服务 and academic programs including, 但不限于, 招生, 金融援助, 学术顾问, 住房, 体育运动, 休闲服务, 大学住宿生活项目, 卫生服务, 辅导及心理服务, 注册处, 课堂作业, 分级和纪律.
第九条 also forbids discrimination because of sex in employment and recruitment consideration or selection, 无论是全职还是兼职, under any education program or activity operated by an institution receiving or benefiting from federal 金融援助. 第九条适用于学术项目的所有方面, 金融援助, 和体育, 由接受联邦财政援助的教育机构经营, 与教育和就业有关. 第九条包括影响所有学生接受教育的机会和机会的行动, 包括性骚扰, 性暴力(e.g., 强奸, 性侵犯, 性胁迫), 跟踪, 和约会, 亲密伴侣, 以及关系暴力(i.e.家庭暴力).
Under the 第九条 law the university has a duty to respond to acts of sexual violence which includes providing information about reporting procedures, 政策, 并支持资源和校园联系.
教育机构不遵守第九条规定的, 该机构可能会受到美国商务部的调查.S. 教育部公民权利办公室. Consequences in the most extreme cases can include but are not limited to paying damages or losing some or all of its federal funding. 联邦资金包括来自联邦政府的赠款、补贴和其他项目资金. 除了美国可以施加的后果之外.S. 教育部, 教育机构也可能被寻求纠正违反第九条的行为的人起诉.
The 教育部 Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforces the federal statute and regulations for 第九条 of the Education Amendments of 1972. 第九条 protects individuals from discrimination based on sex in educational programs and/or activities that receive federal 金融援助.
联邦政府的指导有很多形式，包括“亲爱的同事”或“亲爱的教育家”信, 问答文档, 了解你的权利文件, 白宫的指导, 等. The 教育部 Office for Civil Rights (OCR) from time to time issues official correspondence in which it details the OCR’s intent of how certain matters will be handled and/or interpreted, 或对事件或法律决定的反应, 等. The correspondence can also come in the form of summaries or reiterations of existing practices of OCR. These documents do not have the force of law and are meant to provide guidance to educational institutions responsible for complying with federal laws and regulations.
* 1月. 22, 2014, 奥巴马总统成立了白宫保护学生免受性侵犯特别工作组. 作为特别小组的一部分, 创建了该报告，并共享了报告的内容, 以及其他资源, 在notalone.政府. 特遣队现在已经不存在了，网站也不再活跃. 这份文件不是法律，只能用于教育目的.
**不用于某些目的的依赖. This document expresses 政策 that is inconsistent in some respects with the Department’s regulations implementing 第九条 of the Education Amendments of 1972, 在2020年修订, as well as Executive Orders 13988 (on combating discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation) and 14021 (on sex discrimination in educational environments).
