Overview of the Process: Actual Knowledge

Notice of sexual harassment or allegations of sexual harassment to a recipient's Title IX Coordinator or any official of the recipient who has authority to institute corrective measures on behalf of the recipient (discretion of the postsecondary institution)

• Notice to employees is no longer enough to trigger actual knowledge (ability or obligation to report not enough)
• Purpose to allow complainants to speak with employees without automatically triggering process

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