NY Educator’s Title IX Challenge to Sex Harassment Probe Revived

A New York school district must face an agriculture educator’s claim that his Title IX rights were violated during the investigation of a student’s sexual harassment allegation, the Second Circuit ruled Friday.

The alleged incident occurred while the educator was visiting Schoharie Central School District’s campus in the “Mobile Maple Experience,” a trailer he developed that included educational presentations on the use of maple sap to make syrup and other products, the court said. The man’s lawsuit adequately alleged “deliberate indifference” sex discrimination with regard to flaws in the harassment probe as well as affirmative discrimination against men or him ...