Statutes Authorizing the Agency to Adopt Rules on this Subject: Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act (§ 1601 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000): Public Law No. 106-386 (Title VI); Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) and Violence Against Women Act: 20 U.S.C. § 1092(f); Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972: 20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1688; and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2000e-17.

Reasons Why Rules on this Subject may be Needed and What They Might Accomplish: Highline College is required by the United States Department of Education (DOE) to comply with the recently adopted Title IX regulations, which took effect on August 14, 2020. It is recommend by DOE for institutions of higher education to comply with the letter dated August 24, 2021, from the assistant secretary of DOE Office of Civil Rights regarding Title IX regulations, https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/202108-titleix-VRLC.pdf.

Interested parties can participate in the decision to adopt the new rule and formulation of the proposed rule before publication by contacting Ay Saechao, Mailstop 6-7, P.O. Box 98000, phone 206-592-3303, email asaechao@highline.edu.