Title VI Obligations for New York State Higher Education
Title VI Training for NY State
New York State has enacted the nation’s first law requiring public and private colleges and universities to designate a Title VI Coordinator and implement annual notification, training, and recordkeeping obligations tied to race, color, and national origin discrimination. This four-hour session provides higher education leaders with a clear overview of the law’s requirements and effective dates, explains how the Title VI Coordinator role compares to existing Title IX structures, and highlights the practical steps campuses must take to prepare.
Participants will gain actionable strategies for designing or adapting organizational models, building policies and processes, delivering meaningful training to students and employees, and maintaining compliant records. Drawing on our extensive experience with New York’s Education Law Articles 129-A/B framework, the session also explores best practices and tools already available to support compliance, positioning institutions to meet the new mandate efficiently and proactively.
Agenda
This 4-hour training will cover
- Legislative background and timelines
- Key Title VI Coordinator responsibilities and training obligations
- The differences between Title IX and Title VI reporting, investigations, and resolution processes
- Organizational structure considerations and resource models
- Practical strategies for implementation and risk mitigation
- Tools and services available now to support compliance
- Considerations of whether to limit the new role to race, color, and national origin, or to build out a robust infrastructure to address non sex-based discrimination and harassment
Designed for compliance officers, student affairs leaders, counsel, and senior leadership, this training blends statutory analysis with real-world application to help campuses prepare proactively for this historic mandate.
Intended Audience
- Public and private higher-ed administrators in New York (Title IX Coordinators, HR, Compliance, DEI, Student Affairs, General Counsel)
- Senior leaders who will oversee or resource the implementation (Presidents/Provosts/VPSAs)
Discount Options*
Two or More—Two or more attendees from the same institution receive 10% off registration.
Teams of Five and More—Contact us to receive a special discount.
Collective Member—You may receive 20% off each registration if you are a member of a Grand River Solutions collective.
Contact Training@grandriversolutions.com to receive your discount code.
*Cannot combine discounts.
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