{"id":740,"date":"2021-09-24T18:05:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T22:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/university-policy\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T08:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T12:40:52","slug":"university-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/institutional-equity\/university-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"University Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Institutional Equity Office Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/title-ix-resources\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/report-an-incident-of-sexual-misconduct\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Report an Incident<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/title-ix-office-staff\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Title IX Office Staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/information-for-employees\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Information for Employees<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/prevention-education\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Prevention &#038; 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Our approach to responding to sexual misconduct in our community is informed by our mission, vision, and values, and governed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/federal-laws\/\">federal law<\/a>, including Title IX.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/information-about-consent\/\">Information about Consent<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/04\/08105208\/Options-for-Disclosing-SM-Flow-Chart.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flowchart: Options for Disclosing Sexual Misconduct<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/university-response-to-reports-of-sexual-misconduct\/\">University Response to Reports of Sexual Misconduct<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/training-for-title-ix-personnel\/\">Training for Title IX Personnel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-sexual-misconduct-policy\">The Sexual Misconduct Policy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2025\/04\/17084014\/2024-2025-Sexual-Misconduct-Policy-2020-Regs-Final-Updated-8-23-2425.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Full Sexual Misconduct Policy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/04\/08105208\/administrative_investigation_and_adjudication_process_flow_chart_0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Flowchart: The Administrative Investigation and Adjudication Process under the Sexual Misconduct Policy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":737,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-740","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v26.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>University Policy - Diversity, Equity &amp; 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