Table 1: Compliance Procedures Required by Title IX Law and Regulations 



Investigate and resolve complaints 



Require statement of 



assurance from 



grantees 



Provide grantees 



with technical 



assistance 



Periodically conduct 

 compliance reviews 



Education 



■/ 



• 



• 



Investigates complaints it receives 

 involving educational institutions 

 and those referred from other 

 agencies, including Energy, NASA, 

 and NSF. 



Refer complaints that solely involve 

 employment discrimination to 

 EEOC. 



Energy ^ 



• Refer complaints against 

 educational institutions to 

 Education. 



• Refer employment-related 

 complaints to EEOC. 



• 



• 



NASA ^ 



• Refer complaints against 

 educational institutions to 

 Education. 



• Refer employment-related 

 complaints to EEOC. 



Has agreement with Education 

 to conduct NASA's compliance 

 reviews on educational 

 institutions, but none have 

 been done. 



NSF ^ 



• Refer complaints against 

 educational institutions to 

 Education. 



• Refer employment-related 

 complaints to EEOC. 



• 



Source; GAG analysis. 



Federal Agencies Have 

 Conducted Complaint 

 Investigations, but They 

 Are Unaware of the Extent 

 to Which Grantees 

 Conducted Investigations 



Each of the four agencies we reviewed has est^bhshed a process to ensure 

 that complaints made under Title EX are reviewed and addressed. 

 Specifically, Education officials told us that it investigated or resolved all 

 Title IX complaints it has received involving educational institutions, 

 including those referred to it by other agencies through formal and 

 informal agreements. Excluding athletic complaints, Education reported 

 that it has received over 3,300 Title IX complaints against institutions of 

 higher education since 1993. Some of these complaints were referred to 

 Education by other agencies, including Energy, NASA, and NSF. Education 

 officials told us that they are unable to determine which of the complaints 

 concerned higher education programs in the sciences because their data 



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