{"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":"2026-08-28T15:20:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:20:21","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=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">Institutional Equity Office Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/title-ix-resources\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Resources<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/report-an-incident-of-sexual-misconduct\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Report an Incident<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/title-ix-office-staff\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Title IX Office Staff<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/information-for-employees\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Information for Employees<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/prevention-education\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Prevention &amp; Education<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/student-advocacy\/sexual-misconduct-support-services\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Sexual Misconduct Support Services<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/university-response-to-reports-of-sexual-misconduct\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">University Response to Reports of Sexual Misconduct<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/university-policy\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">University Policy<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/student-advocacy\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Office of Student Advocacy<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/federal-laws\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Federal Laws<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/title-ix-office\/training-for-title-ix-personnel\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Training for Title IX Personnel<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-desktop-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-content-block-toggle-more-label=\"More links\" data-content-block-toggle-less-label=\"Hide links\">More links<\/button><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow-right\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/\">Safely Exit<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow-right\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/butler-gme-advocate.symplicity.com\/titleix_report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Incident Report Form<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 id=\"h-university-policy\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">University Policy<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sexual misconduct is prohibited at Butler University. 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 id=\"h-the-sexual-misconduct-policy\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">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\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\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":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-740","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>University Policy - Diversity, Equity &amp; 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