This one-day course, Title VI Compliance Foundations Level One for Educational Settings, provides an in-depth examination of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. The course focuses on the application of Title VI in educational settings, exploring its implications for school districts, colleges, and universities. Expert faculty will explore compliance requirements, policy development, and enforcement mechanisms to ensure educational equity in alignment with these laws. Key topics include the scope of Title VI, the role of the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR), policy development, procedures for handling complaints, and recent OCR resolution agreements.
Pre-learning will be available to the course participants when the ATIXA Event Lobby opens 5 days before the start of the course.
Recommended Prior Learning:
When you register for this course you will receive access to the eTraining pre-learning Civil Rights Fundamentals for Educators. Go to your ATIXA Event Lobby and login. In the lobby, you will see the Civil Rights Fundamentals for Educators eTraining link that you can click on for additional instructions to login and take the eTraining. Contact events@atixa.org with any questions.
Key Takeaways
- Explain the legal framework and scope of Title VI in educational settings
- Recognize elements that may create discriminatory policies or practices related to protected characteristics and assess their potential impact on students and employees
- Identify strategies that ensure Title VI compliance, including policy development, training, institutional monitoring, and recordkeeping
- Describe the procedures for filing, investigating, and resolving Title VI complaints
- Explain the role of the Title VI Coordinator at each phase of the Resolution Process from intake through appeal
- Apply ATIXA’s recommended Resolution Process to Title VI complaints
- Identify strategies to prevent Title VI violations through prevention education, training, policy revision, and community outreach, reducing the need for formal complaints
- Explore how to collaborate with students, administrators, faculty, staff, and external entities to address and resolve Title VI-related issues while enhancing institutional accountability
Who Should Attend?
- Civil Rights and Title VI Compliance Administrators/Coordinators/Officers
- Educational Administrators
- Policymakers
- Legal Professionals Working within Educational Districts/Institutions
- The US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) oversees Title VI enforcement for educational institutions.
- For employment-based complaints, enforcement falls under the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
- Title VI addresses race, color, and national origin discrimination (which includes shared ancestry and ethnic characteristics) in federally funded programs.
- Title IX covers sex discrimination, including sexual harassment and misconduct.
- Failure to address practices or instances that create a hostile environment based on race, color, or national origin.
- Usually this requires only remedial response. The Title IX focus on discipline is less pressing under Title VI, unless a VI remedy requires discipline to end a hostile environment.
- Discriminatory policies or programs, such as scholarships, cultural centers, or initiatives that exclude certain races from access or full participation.
- Targeted programs specifying preferred participants/attendees are permissible under Title VI, as long as no one is excluded from participating/attending.
- Inequitable disciplinary actions that disproportionately affect certain racial or ethnic groups.
- Scholarship inequity.
- Whether a program has a sufficient basis to justify affirmative action.
- Appoint a designated Title VI Coordinator to oversee compliance and investigations; centralize all reporting, complaint processing, and case management.
- Revise policies and procedures to ensure they align with current Title VI expectations.
- Provide regular training for administrators, faculty, and staff on discrimination covered by Title VI, free speech/expression, filing a complaint, and the school/institution’s grievance process.
- Conduct climate surveys and assessments to monitor Title VI-related discrimination trends.
- TNG designs and administers such surveys.
- Executive Orders direct federal agencies, including OCR, to prioritize enforcement in specific areas, such as anti-white bias and anti-Semitism.
- They also seek to limit funding for institutions that promote race-based preferences.
- Institutions should monitor policy updates and legal challenges that may impact their compliance obligations, but the EO’s themselves cannot require schools to do or not do anything, directly.
- Any organization receiving federal financial assistance, including corporations, law enforcement, and nonprofits, must comply with Title VI.
- Businesses with federal contracts should assess their hiring, training, and workplace policies to ensure compliance.
- Expect increased federal scrutiny of race- and national origin-related issues, especially in higher education and government-funded programs.
- Organizations should prepare for policy revisions, litigation risks, and the need for expanded compliance training.
- Schools and institutions that fail to comply may lose federal funding or face the risk of civil rights investigations.
- Establish clear, centralized reporting processes, similar to Title IX complaint procedures.
- Train investigators and decision-makers to manage Title VI cases with procedural consistency.
- Consider models that build-in this approach, such as ATIXA’s 1P2P.
- Implement grievance procedures, including options for alternative resolution that are compliant with Title VI regulations and federal and state guidance and laws.
- Look beyond single incidents to view the totality of the circumstances.
- ATIXA has launched Title VI Coordinator and Investigator curriculum pathways and is working diligently on expanding resources and membership benefits for the Title VI field.
- Schools and institutions can seek legal guidance, OCR resources, and external consultants for policy development.
- Workshops, certification programs, and compliance audits can help institutions stay ahead of enforcement trends.
To obtain certification from ATIXA, you will need to sign-in to your Event Lobby each day of training and attend the whole event. It is our expectation that you are present for the entire duration of your training course. Certification will only be provided once ATIXA has verified attendance through the Event Lobby. Please allow 7-10 days following the completion of the course and then log in on our website and visit the My ATIXA page to access the Continuing Certification Credit (CCC) program system. Please follow the instructions on the webpage to obtain your certification. Our CCC program allows those certified by ATIXA to track, maintain, and extend their professional development through our programs.
Training & Certification Course registration fees include:
- Attendance for each day of training or access to eTraining course for three months
- An extensive course-specific selection of articles, customizable forms and templates, case studies, videos, and more
- Instructional slides or transcript for eTraining
- Access to ATIXA content experts
- Ability to interact with faculty and attendees via course discussion and activities
- Certification upon corresponding course completion
Upcoming Sessions
| Schedule | Member | Non-Member | |
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October 13 8:30am - 4:30pm ET Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor |
$798 | $939 | |
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December 1 10:00am - 5:00pm ET |
$798 | $939 |
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