NC Title IX Decision

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-scarlet-title-ix-letter-1525732074?mod=rss_opinion_main

 

The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled last month that the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill must release the names of anyone “who, since January 1, 2007, has been found responsible of rape, sexual assault, or any related or lesser included sexual misconduct.” The case concerned public records law, not the merits of Title IX, and the appeals court’s ruling is legally sound. The consequences are nonetheless disturbing.

 

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More than 225 accused students have sued their schools over Title IX decisions and, under real legal scrutiny, the rulings of these university kangaroo courts have sometimes crumbled. There have been roughly 50 rulings favorable to the accused students, and in many other cases the universities have settled. Nonetheless, the North Carolina ruling opens the door for the Title IX equivalent of a sexual offender registry.

 

Unless UNC wins an appeal of the ruling, the university will release the name, verdict and sanction for any student deemed responsible for sexual assault under Title IX. It gets worse. Ferpa prohibits the university from releasing the underlying evidence, which the public could use to judge the validity of the verdict. Disciplined students have access to their own Title IX reports and could release them, but in the court of public opinion they’ll still be guilty until they can prove their innocence.