Let Your Voice Be Heard

The government shutdown has forced the U.S. Department of Education to extend the original January 28 deadline for submitting comments in regards to the purposed Title IX regulations until January 30.

If you have some time in the next 2 days please submit your comments and let your voices be heard!

You can submit your comments on the Hands Off IX webpage as they are making sure comments will not get rejected for arbitrary flaws! https://www.handsoffix.org/submit-a-comment/

Here is a template that you can use to help make the writing process a little easier. Special thanks to Hands Off IX for providing this template.

Re: ED-2018-OCR-0064

To Whom it May Concern,

Thank you for the opportunity to comment on Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance. I am… [ONE - TWO SENTENCES INTRODUCING YOURSELF AND WHY YOU ARE COMMENTING ON THE PROPOSED RULE; EXAMPLE: I AM A CONCERNED PARENT, I AM A STUDENT SURVIVOR...].

In particular I am concerned about…[PICK TWO - THREE POINTS FROM THE RULE YOU WANT TO ADDRESS: VIOLENCE THAT HAPPENS OFF CAMPUS WON'T BE COVERED UNDER TITLE IX, SCHOOLS CAN MEDIATE CASES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, ... ].

If enacted this rule would… [DISCUSS HOW THIS RULE WOULD HARM STUDENTS AND STUDENT SURVIVORS].

The related research and data summarized below show that the regulation will harm students and student survivors. Such as [INSERT DATA RELATED TO YOUR CONCERNS FROM OUR DATA GUIDE]

For the foregoing reasons, these sections of the rule should be struck.

Sincerely,

[Your name]

[AFFILIATION AND/OR QUALIFICATIONS]

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