Title IX and Sexual Harassment Prevention Instructional Resources

• The Code of Virginia § 22.1-23.5Links to an external site. states that each school board may adopt policies to require all students in the ninth and tenth grades to complete the sexual harassment modules developed by the Department of Education. Such training modules shall discuss:
• Title IX (20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.) rights and protections;
• The law and meaning of consent;
• Prevention of sexual harassment; and
• Reporting of sexual harassment.
• Each school board shall also:
• Allow all such students to opt-out of participating in the completion of such training modules by request of the student's parents if such student is under the age of 18, or by request of the student if such student is 18 years of age or older;
• Ensure that all such students are provided information about school counseling services and the supportive measures and formal complaint procedures available to them, as required under Title IX (20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.), in the school they attend as part of the training modules developed pursuant to subsection B.

The information in this resource is intended to support divisions in developing a program of instruction for students in grades nine and ten on Title IX and sexual harassment prevention.