Could the Education Department’s Title IX overreach be nearing an end?
By Ashe Schow / December 13, 2016 / 4 Comments
DUE PROCESS: Education Department overreach on Title IX might be rolled back in a Trump administration
Throughout the Obama administration (but ramping up since 2011) the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has instilled fear at colleges and universities across the country. Terrified of negative media attention resulting from investigations – or worse, a loss of federal funding – schools have eschewed due process and tilted the playing field in favor of those who accuse others of sexual assault or harassment.
That might be coming to an end.
The current culture stems from a 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter from OCR that required schools to more forcefully adjudicate claims of sexual misconduct, while offering little to no due process for accused students.
http://watchdog.org/284124/education-departments-title-ix-overreach-nearing-end/
