Sec. 4. Designation of a title VI coordinator and duties
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Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1094(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The institution will— designate at least 1 employee to coordinate institutional compliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq. ), including investigation of any complaint alleging— noncompliance with such title; or any actions prohibited by such title; and conduct a public awareness campaign, directly or through a contract with a nonprofit organization that specializes in public awareness communications, that— is updated annually and is provided to students, faculty, and staff of the institution, including physical posting in one or more high traffic public places at the institution, such as a student center, and digital posting on one or more high traffic web pages of the institution, such as a student services web page; includes appealing visual and auditory elements; and utilizes methods and materials necessary to maximize student accessibility to the campaign; annually submit a report to the Secretary, and make such report publicly available on the website of the institution (subject to clause
(ii)), that— includes all complaints described in subparagraph
(A)and all public awareness campaign efforts made under subparagraph
(B); with respect to the version of the report made available to the public, may include redacted information with respect to the names, contact information, or identifying information of victims or minors involved in complaints described in subparagraph
(A); and with respect to the version of the report submitted to the Secretary, may not included any redacted information; provide annual notice to students, faculty, and staff of— the name, email address, office address, and telephone number of the employee designated under subparagraph
(A)to coordinate compliance with title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq. ); the publically available report under subparagraph
(C); the enforcement policies of the institution with respect to such title VI; and the institutional procedures for reporting and investigating complaints under such title VI; and in carrying out this paragraph, take such steps as may be necessary to distinguish between discrimination and harassment prohibited by title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq. ) and political expression protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution. . Nothing in the amendment made by this section shall be construed to require an institution of higher education to restrict constitutionally protected speech or academic inquiry, or to enforce ideological conformity.
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