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SDLA Compliance Resource

Notify the Community Who the Title IX Coordinator Is and How to Reach Them

A coordinator-notice control aligned to the currently operative 2020 federal Title IX regulations and California's additional posting duties.

  • Civil Rights
  • Title IX
Date(s)Maintain continuously; notify required audiences and update immediately when the coordinator or contact information changes
Applies toEducation programs receiving federal financial assistance; California Education Code adds duties for covered schools and LEAs

In Plain Language: Tell applicants, students, parents/guardians, employees, and relevant unions or professional organizations the coordinator's name or title, office address, email, and telephone number. Explain that any person may report sex discrimination, including sexual harassment, at any time using those channels.

Why this matters

A coordinator hidden in a directory cannot receive urgent reports or coordinate compliance. The person needs visible contact information, training, authority, backup coverage, and a reliable path for reports received after business hours.

Joint ownership

Accountable leader: superintendent/designee. Coordinator: designated Title IX employee. Partners: HR, student services, school leaders, athletics, communications, safety/support teams, records, and legal/policy.

Operational workflow

  1. 1. Confirm the current designated coordinator, authority, training, reporting line, backup, and conflict-management plan.
  2. 2. Notify every federal audience and prominently publish all required contact fields in the website, handbooks, catalogs, and policy notices.
  3. 3. Test every intake channel, including after-hours email/mail/phone handling, and train staff that any person may report.
  4. 4. Route reports under the operative federal grievance framework and any overlapping California process while explaining the distinction to families.
  5. 5. Audit notices and case records after any personnel, legal, or procedural change.

If the requirement is missed

A missing or ineffective designation can delay support and expose the LEA to complaints and corrective action. Repair includes immediate contact updates, preserved intake, appropriate supportive measures, procedure correction, training, and monitoring—not blame toward the reporting person.

Evidence to retain

  • Written designation, authority, and backup plan
  • Required-audience notification list
  • Website/handbook/catalog captures
  • Intake-channel and after-hours tests
  • Training, case routing, and corrective-action records

Official guidance and help

Source review completed August 30, 2026. Verify current federal and California law, official guidance, local policy, named contacts, language and disability access, and the facts of the individual matter before acting.