File A Title IX Violation Complaint

Is there a scholarship, program, club or other organization at your school or group that you worry violates Title IX?

Good news is that anyone can quickly and easily file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights. 

Here is how:

1. Determine whether you have a likely Title IX violation.

Here’s a quick test:

a. Does the school or group receive federal funds? Nearly all public K-12 schools and all universities and colleges (including private) receive money from the U.S. federal government.

b. Does the scholarship, program or club exclude a gender? Here are some real-life examples. [screenshots from annual report]

c. There are exceptions for choirs, beauty pageants, sororities, fraternities, women’s centers, single-sex sports and others. Is your case outside these exceptions?

If the answer is yes to all three, go to step 2:

2. Collect this info:

• Screenshot any website, email, flyer or brochure promoting the violating scholarship or program, and save a link where it appears online.
• Name and address of the school
• Find your local Department of Education Office of Human Rights (OCR). 
• Consent form template. Each complaint requires you send a signed letter (such as in a PDF — digital signature OK) 
• Complaint form template
• Draft an email to the OCR governing the school in question. 
• Attach a PDF or Word document of the letter to the email
• Attach a signed consent form
• You may also send a copy of the email to the university president and counsel. 
• Please send a copy of your efforts to contact@trulyequal.com and keep us posted! 

Office of Civil Rights, by state:

Each school is governed by a regional office of the Department of Education

CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT

OCR Boston Office
J W McCormack Building
5 Post Office Square, 8th Floor
Boston, MA 02109-3921
OCR.Boston@ed.gov

NY, NJ, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

OCR New York Office   
32 Old Slip, 26th Floor, Room 2620 
New York, NY 10005-2500
OCR.NewYork@ed.gov

DE, KY, MD, PA, WV

OCR Philadelphia Office 
The Wanamaker Building 100 Penn Square East, Suite 515

Philadelphia, PA 19107-3323
OCR.Philadelphia@ed.gov

AL, FL, GA, TN

OCR Atlanta Office
61 Forsyth St. S.W., Suite 19T10
Atlanta, GA 30303-8927
OCR.Atlanta@ed.gov

IL, IN, MN, WI, IA, ND

OCR Chicago Enforcement Office  
John C. Kluczynski Federal Building
230 S. Dearborn Street, 37th Floor
Chicago, IL 60604
OCR.Chicago@ed.gov

LA, MS, TX

OCR Dallas Office
1999 Bryan Street, Suite 1620
Dallas, Texas 75201-6810
OCR.Dallas@ed.gov