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(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, and in furtherance of complying with Section 66270, each campus of the California State University and the University of California shall establish, on or before July 1, 2026, a Title IX office in a private space for students and employees to disclose reports and formal complaints of sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment. The Title IX office shall be under the administration of a Title IX coordinator who shall be responsible for coordinating the campus’ implementation of and compliance with the systemwide nondiscrimination policy established pursuant to Section 66280.(2) The Title IX office shall do all of the following:
(A) Ensure timely and effective responses to reports and formal complaints of sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment.
(B) Provide supportive measures to complainants, and, as applicable, respondents.
(C) Process, adjudicate, and implement the outcomes of formal complaints of sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment, pursuant to the systemwide nondiscrimination policy established pursuant to Section 66280.
(D) Maintain a case management system that includes all of the following information for each formal complaint of sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment:
(i) The date of the formal complaint and the date,
nature, and location of the incident or incidents.
(ii) The name of the person who reported the formal complaint and the person’s affiliation with the campus, or whether the formal complaint was reported anonymously.
(iii) The name and title of the person who received the formal complaint.
(iv) The name of the person alleged to have experienced sex discrimination, if other than the person who reported the formal complaint, and their affiliation with the campus.
(v) The name of the respondent and the respondent’s affiliation with the campus.
(vi) Any campus community context, including, but not limited to, the athletic team, student organization, or campus department or office where the
incident or incidents occurred.
(vii) Whether the formal complaint was received by the campus, along with a copy of the notice of allegations provided to the parties. If the campus dismissed the formal complaint, a copy of the written notice of dismissal provided to the parties with the reason for the dismissal.
(viii) Whether the campus opened an investigation of the formal complaint and, if applicable, its reason for declining to investigate the formal complaint.
(ix) The name of the person assigned to investigate the formal complaint, and the name of the person assigned to implement any supportive measures pursuant to subparagraph (B).
(x) All supportive measures offered and implemented in response to the formal complaint pursuant to subparagraph
(B).
(xi) The names of all witnesses identified by either party, interview notes or summaries, if available, and, for any witnesses who were not interviewed, an explanation of why they were not interviewed.
(xii) Once completed, the final investigative report for the formal complaint and any changes to the formal complaint requested by the complainant or respondent.
(xiii) The outcome of the formal complaint, including, if applicable, the rulings from a hearing on the formal complaint and any disciplinary measures.
(xiv) The action plan or remedies implemented by the Title IX coordinator and the campus, if applicable, to deter and prevent the reoccurrence of sex discrimination incidents.
(E) Develop and implement a comprehensive prevention and outreach program on sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment. This program shall be reviewed and, if necessary, updated annually to address sex discrimination incidents and prevent the reoccurrence of sex discrimination incidents. The program shall do all of the following:
(i) Address a range of strategies to prevent sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, a victim empowerment program, a public awareness campaign, primary prevention, bystander intervention, and risk reduction.
(ii) Provide to students, faculty, and staff information regarding the protocols for reporting formal complaints of sex discrimination, including the name, office location, and contact information of the Title IX coordinator, by both of the following means:
(I) Emailing the information to each student, faculty member, and staff member at the beginning of each academic semester or other academic term.
(II) Including the information as part of an on-campus orientation program pursuant to Section 67385.7.
(iii) In response to patterns of occurrences of sex discrimination incidents, provide additional prevention training to student organizations on campus, including, but not limited to, college-affiliated fraternity and sororities, athletic teams, and students who reside on campus.
(F) Provide annual prevention trainings for students, faculty, and staff. The trainings provided by the Title IX office may be the same as the systemwide prevention trainings provided in Section 66280.
(b) The Title IX coordinator shall have the authority and responsibility to implement a consistent campuswide response to formal complaints of sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment. The Title IX coordinator shall have the experience, training, and expertise necessary to coordinate and carry out the systemwide nondiscrimination policy established pursuant to Section 66280. The Title IX coordinator shall operate with the authority, independence, and resources necessary to fulfill the duties of the Title IX office established pursuant to this section. The Title IX coordinator shall be a full-time position, and shall be responsible for preventing and addressing sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment, on campus. The Title IX coordinator shall do both of the following:
(1) Meet, on or before September 1, 2026, and at least once
every three months thereafter, with the campus president or chancellor to provide a comprehensive report on the Title IX office’s compliance with paragraph (2) of subdivision (a). This report shall include an action plan on how to address reports and formal complaints of sex discrimination, and on how the campus is fulfilling the obligation to provide educational programs free from sex discrimination. This report, once approved by the campus president or chancellor, shall be submitted to the systemwide Office of Civil Rights as part of the evaluation pursuant to paragraph (9) of subdivision (c) of Section 66280.
(2) If an action plan is provided by the systemwide Office of Civil Rights as part of the evaluation pursuant to paragraph (9) of subdivision (c) of Section 66280, implement that action plan.
(c) Beginning with the 2026–27 academic year, the Title IX coordinator and the
president or chancellor of the campus shall assess whether additional staffing or resources are needed by the Title IX office to fulfill the duties of the Title IX office established pursuant to this section. If additional staff or resources are needed, the Title IX coordinator and the president or chancellor of the campus shall make a request for the additional staffing or resources to be included in the annual systemwide budget request made by the system to the Legislature, in compliance with the policies established by the system for making budgetary requests.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 67400, this section shall apply to the University of California.