Informal resolution is an underutilized superpower in your school’s Title IX repertoire, poised to confront allegations of sex discrimination with precision and care. Informal resolution can be faster, less stressful, and more student-centered than the formal Title IX grievance procedures—and it’s available whether your state is under the 2020 or the 2024 rules.   

Informal resolution encompasses a broad spectrum of conflict resolution strategies, including, for instance, facilitated dialogue, facilitated negotiation or exchange of offers of resolution, mediation, and restorative or transformative justice techniques.  

Twenty-six states are suing in seven different courts to stop the implementation of the new Title IX rules. Some governors and other state officials have directed schools not to implement the new federal rules, including the Texas Education Agency in a June 13 letter to Texas public schools that they should continue complying with the 2020 Title IX rules if they are seeking to receive grant funds from the TEA.