{"id":617,"date":"2017-04-21T09:46:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T09:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/campuscounselnewengland\/?p=617"},"modified":"2020-07-31T13:27:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T13:27:56","slug":"federal-court-reaffirms-institutions-responsibility-for-off-campus-activity-under-title-ix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/campuscounselnewengland\/2017\/04\/21\/federal-court-reaffirms-institutions-responsibility-for-off-campus-activity-under-title-ix\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Court Reaffirms Institution&#8217;s Responsibility for Off-Campus Activity Under Title IX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Farmer v. Kansas State University<\/span> (&#8220;KSU&#8221;), a federal district court revisited the issue of when off-campus activity that would violate Title IX becomes the responsibility of a college or university to investigate and, if necessary, remediate. In this particular case, the plaintiff alleged that she was sexually assaulted at an off-campus fraternity party. Under Title IX, coverage is only triggered when harassment occurs within an &#8220;education program or activity.&#8221; Stated another way, &#8220;&#8216;there must be some nexus between the out-of-school conduct and the school to impose Title IX liability.'&#8221; (Citations omitted). For KSU, the off-campus fraternity satisfied this nexus requirement because (1) it is a student housing organization that is available only to KSU students and fraternities and sororities are promoted as such by the University; (2) the director of the fraternity was a KSU instructor; (3) KSU employs individuals to support fraternities and sororities; and (4) KSU had the authority to regulate fraternity houses and to promulgate rules of conduct.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Client Tip:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Title IX responsibilities for colleges and universities do not end with campus boundaries. The potential for off-campus activity to create Title IX exposure is obvious. Therefore, colleges and universities need to be aware of when off-campus activity triggers Title IX responsibility to investigate and potentially remediate. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Farmer v. 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