Common use of Title IX Coordinator Clause in Contracts

Title IX Coordinator. 1. The University has designated a University-wide Title IX Coordinator (the University Title IX Coordinator) and deputy coordinators to ensure compliance with Title IX. 2. The University has widely published in print and on-line, and will continue to do on an annual basis, the name, email, and telephone contact information, and duties of the University Title IX Coordinator and deputy coordinators. 3. The University Title IX Coordinator’s responsibilities include the following: a. Ensuring coordination with the deputy coordinators and appropriate student services offices on campus (e.g. housing, Residential College Deans and Masters who are responsible for housing and academic matters, health, counseling services, and the Yale Police Department [YPD]). The coordination is for such purposes as tracking trends on campus and addressing any patterns or systemic problems; assessing the overall efficacy of the coordination among these various services; and soliciting feedback on the efficacy of the overall response to sexual misconduct. b. Providing information to individuals regarding their Title IX rights, the University’s formal and informal grievance processes, the availability of interim measures during an investigation of a grievance, and the ability to file a complaint with YPD. c. Conducting a semiannual review of all formal and informal Title IX complaints brought to the University Title IX Coordinator and deputy Title IX coordinators, before the University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct, any other grievance procedures, and/or independently investigated by the University in order to identify and address any patterns or systemic problems. d. Communicating with YPD regarding the University’s obligations under Title IX and serving as a resource on Title IX issues. The University Title IX Coordinator and YPD have developed a protocol regarding complaints of sexual misconduct that calls for YPD to: i. notify complainants in criminal cases of their right to file a Title IX complaint with the University in addition to pursuing a criminal process; ii. provide complainants with written information describing the University’s Sexual Harassment and Assault Response and Education Center, the University-Wide Committee on Sexual Misconduct, and the Title IX Coordinators; iii. provide the University Title IX Coordinator with synopses of sexual misconduct complaints; and iv. provide the University Title IX Coordinator with access to YPD records of its investigation and findings regarding Title IX investigations, so long as it does not significantly compromise any pending criminal proceeding. e. Periodically assessing the efficacy of the University’s overall Title IX compliance efforts. f. The University Title IX Coordinator and deputies will not have other responsibilities that create a conflict of interest.