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Compliance officer outlines Title IX and state-law changes; policy updates sent to full committee
Summary
Lynn Public Schools compliance officer presented a set of revisions to district nondiscrimination and harassment policies to align with the federal Title IX standard in place before 2024 changes and to ensure Massachusetts law covers gaps not in federal law; the policy subcommittee voted to move the drafts to the Committee of the Whole.
The Lynn Public Schools compliance officer briefed the policy subcommittee on a set of revisions to the district’s nondiscrimination and harassment policies and the subcommittee voted to send the drafts to the Committee of the Whole.
Charlie Gallo, Lynn Public Schools compliance officer and Title IX coordinator, told the committee the federal Title IX standard in effect prior to 2024 uses a higher threshold for sexual-harassment findings — "severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive" — limited to sex-based harassment or discrimination. He said the Biden Administration’s 2024 changes expanded…
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