Compliance audits

Title IX and civil rights compliance audits

A structured review of your civil rights compliance program, measured against the standard a regulator, a court, or a complainant's counsel will eventually apply. You receive a written assessment and a prioritized plan.

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How an audit runs

01
ScopeWe agree which frameworks, which offices, and which period of case files are in scope, and what the deliverable looks like.
02
Document review and interviewsPolicies, files, and records reviewed, with short interviews of the people who run the process.
03
Written assessmentFindings by area, rated by exposure, with a prioritized remediation plan and the order we would work it in.

What we review

01Policy and proceduresNondiscrimination policy, grievance procedures, and notices, checked against the rules that apply to your institution today.
02DesignationsWhether required coordinators are named, published, trained, and given the authority to act.
03Case filesA sample of closed matters read for notice, timelines, supportive measures, neutrality, and whether the reasoning can be traced.
04Records and retentionWhere records live, whether they are complete, and whether they can be produced on request.
05TrainingWhether required training happened, for whom, on what content, and whether it is documented.
06Reporting linesWho knows what, when, and whether leadership receives information it can act on.

Frameworks in scope

Title IXSex discrimination and sex-based harassment, including grievance procedures and supportive measures.
Title VIRace, color, and national origin, including shared ancestry and hostile environment obligations.
ADA and Section 504Accommodations, program access, grievance procedures, and digital accessibility.
Clery ActFor higher education: annual security report content, crime statistics, and timely warnings.

Worth knowing

After the audit

Many institutions ask us to carry the remediation forward, either through a fractional coordinator or through targeted policy and training work. That is a separate decision, made after you have the assessment in hand.

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Questions

Questions we get

All questions

How long does a compliance audit take?

It depends on how many frameworks and how many case files are in scope. We give you a timeline in writing at scoping.

Is the audit privileged?

It can be conducted through your counsel and reported to them. Whether privilege attaches depends on how the engagement is structured and on your counsel's judgment.

Do you audit PK-12 districts?

Yes. District audits typically cover Title IX, Title VI, and Section 504, and are priced on the PK-12 schedule.

Scoping

Start with a scoping call.

We look at what you have, tell you plainly whether we fit, and put the terms in writing before anything begins.