Purpose: To help protect students from school employee sexual misconduct, this qualitative case study examines implementation of school employee sexual misconduct policies in five geographically and demographically diverse school districts that experienced incidents of school employee sexual misconduct in 2014. Method: Data were collected from 92 school employees and county officials from five school districts from January 2016 to September 2017 via interviews (N = 41) and 10 focus groups (N = 51), as well as through document and policy reviews. Findings: This article outlines findings with regard to the key elements of Title IX guidance including: (a) policies and procedures; (b) prevention; (c) training for staff, students, and parents; (d) reporting; (e) investigations; and (f) response. Although participants reported improvements in these areas after incidents, various challenges, including a lack of understanding of Title IX requirements, continue to affect district-level approaches to sexual misconduct policies. Implications: Recommendations are that school districts review their policy and implementation efforts to determine if they are compliant with Title IX guidance. Researchers also recommend that the federal and state departments of education establish accountability measures to track policy implementation and ensure school districts comply with Title IX guidance and provide high-quality low-cost training options. Further examination of how often these cases occur, victim and offender characteristics, effects on victims and school communities, criminal justice responses, and the effectiveness of prevention efforts are also recommended.

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第九条和学校员工性行为不端：K-12 学校如何应对事件

目的：为了帮助保护学生免受学校员工性行为不端的侵害，本定性案例研究调查了在 2014 年发生学校员工性行为不端事件的五个地理和人口不同的学区中学校员工性行为不端政策的实施情况。方法：数据来自 92 2016 年 1 月至 2017 年 9 月，通过访谈（N = 41）和 10 个焦点小组（N = 51）以及文件和政策审查，对来自五个学区的学校雇员和县官员进行了调查。调查结果：本文概述了与第九条指南关键要素有关的调查结果，包括：(a) 政策和程序；(b) 预防；(c) 对员工、学生和家长的培训；(d) 报告；(e) 调查；(f) 回应。尽管参与者在事件发生后报告了这些领域的改进，但各种挑战，包括缺乏对第九条要求的理解，继续影响地区级对性行为不端政策的处理方法。影响：建议学区审查他们的政策和实施工作，以确定他们是否符合 Title IX 指南。研究人员还建议联邦和州教育部门制定问责措施以跟踪政策实施并确保学区遵守 Title IX 指导并提供高质量的低成本培训选项。进一步审查这些案件的发生频率、受害者和罪犯的特征、对受害者和学校社区的影响、刑事司法对策、