This Dear Colleague Letter withdraws the policy and guidance reflected in the Dear Colleague Letter on Sexual Violence released on April 4, 2011 and the Questions and Answers on Title IX and Sexual Violence document released on April 29, 2014.
Argues that past "guidance has not succeeded in providing clarity for educational institutions or in leading institutions to guarantee educational opportunities on the equal basis that Title IX requires. Instead, schools face a confusing and counterproductive set of regulatory mandates, and the objective of regulatory compliance has displaced Title IX’s goal of educational equity."
The letter refers future guidance to the Q&A on Campus Sexual Misconduct released with this letter as well as the 2001 Revised Sexual Harassment Guidance document. The 2011 and 2014 documents will no longer guide investigations.