Education Code § 66279 - California Law

(a)(1) Notwithstanding any other law, and in furtherance of complying with Section 66270, each campus of the California State University shall establish, on or before July 1, 2026, a Title IX office in a private space for students and employees to disclose reports and complaints of sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment. The established Title IX office space may be located within an existing office on campus, including, but not limited to, a civil rights office or antidiscrimination office. The Title IX office shall be under the administration of a Title IX coordinator who shall be responsible for coordinating the campus’ implementation of and compliance with the systemwide nondiscrimination policy established pursuant to Section 66280.

(2)The Title IX office shall do all of the following:

(A)Ensure timely and effective responses to reports and complaints of sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment.

(B)Provide supportive measures to complainants, and, as applicable, respondents.

(C)Provide a process of adjudicating and resolving complaints of sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment, pursuant to the systemwide nondiscrimination policy established pursuant to Section 66280.

(D)Maintain a case management system that includes all of the following information for each complaint of sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment:

(i)The date of the complaint and the date, nature, and location of the alleged incident or incidents.

(ii) The name of the person who reported the complaint and the person’s affiliation with the campus, or whether the complaint was reported anonymously.

(iii) The name and title of the person who received the complaint.

(iv) The name of the person alleged to have experienced sex discrimination and their affiliation with the campus.

(v)The name of the respondent and the respondent’s affiliation with the campus.

(vi) Any campus community context, including, but not limited to, the athletic team, student organization, or campus

department or office where the alleged incident or incidents occurred.

(vii) Whether the complaint was received by the campus, along with a copy of the notice of allegations provided to the parties. If the campus dismissed the complaint, a copy of the written notice of dismissal provided to the parties with the reason for the dismissal.

(viii) Whether the campus opened an investigation of the complaint and, if applicable, its reason for declining to investigate the complaint.

(ix) The name of the person assigned to investigate the complaint, and the name of the person assigned to implement any supportive measures pursuant to subparagraph (B).

(x)All supportive measures offered and implemented in response to the complaint pursuant to subparagraph

(B).

(xi) The names of all witnesses identified by either party, interview notes or summaries, if available, and, for any witnesses who were not interviewed, an explanation of why they were not interviewed.

(xii) Once completed, the final investigative report for the complaint and any response made to the final investigative report by the complainant or respondent.

(xiii) The outcome of the complaint, including, if applicable, the rulings from a hearing on the complaint and any disciplinary measures.

(xiv) The remedies implemented by the Title IX coordinator and the campus, if applicable, to deter and prevent the recurrence of sex discrimination incidents.

(E) Develop and implement a

prevention and outreach program on sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment. This program shall be reviewed and, if necessary, updated annually to address sex discrimination incidents and prevent the recurrence of sex discrimination incidents. The program shall do all of the following:

(i)Address a range of strategies to prevent sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, a survivor empowerment program, a public awareness campaign, primary prevention, bystander intervention, and risk reduction.

(ii) Provide to students, faculty, and staff information regarding the protocols for reporting complaints of sex discrimination, including the name, office location, and contact information of the Title IX coordinator, by both of the following means:

(I) Emailing the information to each

student, faculty member, and staff member at the beginning of each academic semester or other academic term.

(II) Including the information as part of an on-campus orientation program pursuant to Section 67385.7.

(F) Develop and implement a campus prevention training program for students, faculty, and staff. The campus prevention training shall do, or include, but not be limited to, all of the following:

(i)Incorporate required bystander intervention training, policy awareness training, and primary prevention training.

(ii) Adopt an approach of intersectionality that calls for a pursuit of culturally relevant programs and practices that name and meaningfully consider how students, faculty, and staff of various identities, including, but not limited to,

race, national origin, gender identity, class, sexual orientation, and ability, interact with each other.

(iii) Training that contains feedback loops to determine if the training is having the intended effect.

(iv) Training that complies with Section 67385.7.

(v)In response to patterns of occurrences of sex discrimination incidents, provide additional prevention training to student organizations on campus, including, but not limited to, college-affiliated fraternities and sororities, athletic teams, and students who reside on campus.

(b)(1) The Title IX coordinator shall have the authority and responsibility to implement a consistent campuswide response to complaints of sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual

harassment. The Title IX coordinator shall have the experience, training, and expertise necessary to coordinate and carry out the systemwide nondiscrimination policy established pursuant to Section 66280. The Title IX coordinator shall operate with the authority, independence, and resources necessary to fulfill the duties required by this section. The Title IX coordinator shall be a full-time position, and shall be responsible for preventing and addressing sex discrimination, including, but not limited to, sexual harassment, on campus.

(2)The Title IX coordinator shall meet, on or before September 1, 2026, and at least once every three months thereafter, with the campus president to provide an update on the Title IX office’s compliance with paragraph (2) of subdivision (a). The update shall include how the campus is fulfilling the obligation to provide educational programs free from sex discrimination. Beginning on September 1, 2027, and each

year thereafter, an annual summary of the updates shall be posted on the campus internet website.

(c)Beginning with the 2026–27 academic year, the Title IX coordinator and the president of the campus shall assess whether additional staffing or resources are needed by the Title IX office to fulfill the duties of the Title IX office established pursuant to this section. If additional staff or resources are needed, the Title IX coordinator and the president of the campus shall make a request for the additional staffing or resources to be included in the annual systemwide budget request made by the system to the Governor, in compliance with the policies established by the system for making budgetary requests.