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Your Morning Boost - The Title IX Decision-Maker: Due Process and the Preponderance of the Evidence

From Your Morning Boost: A School Leadership Podcast · Hosted by

2025-12-10·07:47

Episode summary

In this episode of Your Morning Boost: A School Leadership Podcast: Today, we tackle the most high-stakes administrative role in the Title IX process: the Decision-Maker. This role requires unwavering objectivity and a deep understanding of due process to ensure fairness for all. We unpack the critical K-12 standard of evidence—the preponderance of the evidence (more likely than not, or $>50\%$ likelihood)—and how your team must be trained to apply it objectively.

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Today, we tackle the most high-stakes administrative role in the Title IX process: the Decision-Maker. This role requires unwavering objectivity and a deep understanding of due process to ensure fairness for all. We unpack the critical K-12 standard of evidence—the preponderance of the evidence (more likely than not, or $>50\%$ likelihood)—and how your team must be trained to apply it objectively. We provide three procedural safeguards you must mandate to ensure legally sound and ethically…