Title IX Training Materials

1. Applicable laws, regulations, and federal regulatory guidance, including updates to and new local, state, and federal regulations;
2. The scope of Collin College’s equal opportunity, civil rights, and sexual harassment policies;
3. The definitions of dating violence, domestic violence, gender-based harassment, retaliation, sex discrimination, sexual assault, sexual harassment, and stalking;
4. Collin College’s and the State of Texas’ definitions of consent to sexual activity;
5. Treating complainants and respondents with fairness and equity while upholding their due process rights;
6. Recognizing and preventing implicit bias;
7. Avoiding actual and perceived conflicts of interest;
8. Impartiality and objectivity;
9. Disparate treatment and its impact;
10. Reporting, confidentiality, and privacy requirements;
11. Providing appropriate advocacy and interim measures while maintaining confidentiality;

12. Basic procedural rules for conducting an investigation;

13. Relevant evidence and how it should be used during an investigation;
14. Proper techniques for questioning complainants, respondents, and witnesses;

15. Conducting thorough, reliable, impartial, and trauma-informed investigations, hearings, and informal resolution processes that protect the safety of complainants and respondents while promoting accountability;
16. Determining relevance of questions, weighing evidence, and assessing credibility;
17. Creating an informal resolution agreement that is non-punitive and contains acceptable terms for both the complainant and respondent;
18. Creating an investigation report that fairly summarizes relevant evidence;
19. Use of technology during the Live Hearing phase of the Title IX Formal Resolution Process;
20. Rendering findings and generating clear, concise, and evidence-based rationales;
21. Determining appropriate disciplinary sanctions to be imposed on respondents;
22. Implementing appropriate and situation-specific remedies for complainants; and
23. Conducting appeals.