civil-rights-and-sexual-misconduct-reporting-response-procedure-8-25-2021.pdf

b. The LHB membership pool will be comprised of individuals from the following College departments and/or offices:

• Associate Provosts • Deans and/or Associate Deans of Academic Affairs • Office of Human Resources • Deans of Students

• Campus Safety and Security Directors • Office of Supportive Services Directors • Full-Time Faculty/Campus Diversity Officers • Alternate Administrators, as may be identified and trained in accordance with this Procedure STUDENTS CANNOT SERVE ON THE LHB 2. Training a. Members of the LHB will be trained in all aspects of this Procedure, and can serve in any of the following roles at the direction of the TIXC:

• Hearing Decision-Maker (single) • Hearing Panel Members • Advisors

b. Training content will include: The scope of the College’s Civil Rights and Title IX/Sexual Harassment policies and procedures; definitions of all offenses; guidelines for conducting questioning; evidence weighing and relevance; fairness, equity and due process standards; applicable laws, regulations, and federal regulatory guidance – including Rape Shield protections; impartiality, conflicts of interest, and bias; presumption that a Respondent is not responsible for alleged conduct until proven to be responsible; rendering findings and generating evidence-based rationales; and technology training for live hearings. 3. Proceeding a. LHB Notice and Alleged Violation(s) • No less than ten (10) business days prior to the hearing, the TIXC will send notice of the hearing to the parties. • Once mailed, emailed, and/or received in-person, notice will be presumptively delivered. • The notice will contain:  A description of the alleged violation(s), a list of all policies allegedly

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