Informal Sexual Misconduct Resolution

Title IX

The sexual misconduct policy lays out the need for an investigation of sexual misconduct by the Title IX coordinator (or deputies) independent of any criminal investigation by police. It allows informal resolution (findings and sanctions, when appropriate, by the investigator). This does not mean mediation in cases of alleged sexual assault. The policy states that mediation in such cases is inappropriate.

If both parties agree, the alleged sexual misconduct, including sexual assault, can be settled by the Title IX coordinator.   If the Title IX coordinator, after investigation, finds that there has been sexual misconduct by a student, then s/he consults with the staff of the KSU Student Conduct and Academic Integrity (SCAI) Department to determine appropriate sanction recommendations.  If both the complainant and respondent agree to accept the findings and sanctions then, when the respondent is a student, the matter is concluded by a disciplinary meeting between the respondent and a SCAI staff member.  The purpose of this meeting is to enter the findings and sanctions into the University’s student conduct records for both documentation and enforcement purposes.  Since both parties will have agreed to the findings and/or recommendations prior to this disciplinary meeting there is no appeal allowed.

If either party disagrees with or does not accept the Title IX coordinator's findings and/or recommendations, then a "formal" hearing process will take place through the Student Conduct and Academic Integrity (SCAI) Department's special hearing process when the respondent is a student.