Report 2017-125 Recommendation 11 Responses
Report 2017-125: The University of California: It Must Take Additional Steps to Address Long-Standing Issues With Its Response to Sexual Harassment Complaints (Release Date: June 2018)
Recommendation #11 To: University of California
To ensure that the campuses send complete notifications at the start and end of an investigation, the Office of the President should identify required elements for the campuses to include in these notifications and require the campuses to integrate these required elements in their notifications by July 2019.
1-Year Agency Response
The Faculty Frameworks, Staff and Non-Faculty Academic Personnel Frameworks and SVSH Student Investigation and Adjudication Framework (Student Framework) all enumerate the notices parties are to receive at the start and end of an investigation. In addition, President Napolitano issued a revised systemwide SVSH Policy on July 31, 2019. As revised, the policy specifies that that Title IX Officers must issue notifications to parties in accordance with guidelines issued by the Systemwide Title IX Office. On July 15, 2019, the Systemwide Title IX Office issued guidelines developed in consultation with the campus Title IX officers that identify elements that must be included in the notifications.
- Completion Date: July 2019
- Response Date: July 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented
The guidelines the systemwide office issues identity the elements that campuses must include in a notification at the start and end of an investigation.
6-Month Agency Response
The Systemwide Title IX Office University drafted revisions to the SVSH Policy specifying that Title IX Officers must issue notifications to parties at the start and end of an investigation in accordance with guidelines issued by the Systemwide Title IX Office. Formal review of the SVSH Policy revisions required by University procedures concluded on December 17, 2018. The Systemwide Title IX Office is considering comments received during the formal review, and will finalize the SVSH Policy and submit it to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for review and approval in February 2019. Following consultation with its campus partners, the Systemwide Title IX Office will develop and issue the referenced guidelines by July 2019. The guidelines will identify elements that must be included in the notifications.
- Estimated Completion Date: July 2019
- Response Date: December 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
The Office of the President has drafted necessary policy and is in the review and approval process.
60-Day Agency Response
The Systemwide Title IX Office University drafted revisions to the SVSH Policy specifying that Title IX Officers must issue notifications to parties at the start and end of an investigation in accordance with guidelines issued by the Systemwide Title IX Office. The Systemwide Title IX Office is informally consulting with University stakeholders on the draft SVSH revisions, and will begin the formal review process required by University procedures in September 2018. Following consultation with its campus partners, the Systemwide Title IX Office will develop and issue the referenced guidelines prior to or concurrently with issuance of the revised SVSH Policy, by July 2019. The guidelines will identify elements that must be included in the notifications.
- Estimated Completion Date: July 2019
- Response Date: August 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
All Recommendations in 2017-125
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.