SECTION 3.6. Administrative Reporting Requirements  


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  • (a) Not less than once every three months, the Title IX coordinator of a postsecondary educational institution shall submit to the institution's chief executive officer a written report ("Title IX Coordinator Report") on the reports received for the institution's reporting period under §3.5, including information regarding:

    (1) the investigation of those reports;

    (2) the disposition, if any, of any disciplinary processes arising from those reports; and

    (3) the reports for which the institution determined not to initiate a disciplinary process, if any.

    (b) The Title IX coordinator or deputy Title IX coordinator of a postsecondary educational institution shall immediately report to the institution's chief executive officer an incident reported to the coordinator under §3.5 if the coordinator has cause to believe that the safety of any person is in imminent danger as a result of the incident.

    (c) Subject to Subsection (d), at least once annually, during either the fall or spring semester, the chief executive officer of a postsecondary educational institution shall submit to the institution's governing body and post on the institution's Internet website a report ("CEO Report") concerning the reports received under §3.5. The CEO report:

    (1) may not identify any person; and

    (2) must include:

    (A) the number of reports received under §3.5;

    (B) the number of investigations conducted as a result of those reports;

    (C) the disposition, if any, of any disciplinary processes arising from those reports;

    (D) the number of those reports for which the institution determined not to initiate a disciplinary process, if any; and

    (E) any disciplinary actions taken under §3.8.

    (d) If for any semester a postsecondary educational institution has fewer than 1,500 enrolled students, the chief executive officer of the institution shall submit and post a report required under Subsection (c) for that semester only if more than five reports were received under §3.5 during that semester.

    (e) For purposes of this section, disposition means the final result under the institution's disciplinary process.

    (f) For all reports under this section:

    (1) When identifiable, reports may exclude duplicate reports of a single alleged incident;

    (2) Reports may separately specify the number of confidential reports received by employees designated under section 3.5(c); and

    (3) The Coordinating Board shall make available to institutions a recommended template for the Title IX Coordinator Report and the CEO Report, which satisfies the reporting requirements of this section.

Source Note: The provisions of this §3.6 adopted to be effective January 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 150