Supportive Measures

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Definitions

Complaint means an oral or written request to the university that can objectively be understood as a request for the university to investigate and make a determination about the alleged Sex-Based Misconduct Policy violation(s).

Report is when an employee, student, or third party informs the Title IX Coordinator of an alleged occurrence of prohibited conduct under the Sex-Based Misconduct Policy.

Supportive measures are individualized measures offered as appropriate, as reasonably available, without unreasonably burdening a complainant or respondent, not for punitive or disciplinary reasons, and without fee or charge to the Parties to:

1. Restore or preserve that party’s access to the university’s education program or activity, including measures that are designed to protect the safety of the parties or the university’s educational environment; or
2. Provide support during the grievance procedures or during the informal resolution process under the Sex and Gender-Based Misconduct Policy.

Process

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (“university”) will offer and implement appropriate and reasonable supportive measures to the Parties upon a Report or a Complaint of prohibited conduct under the Sex-Based Misconduct Policy.

The Title IX Coordinator or their designee promptly invites Parties to discuss available supportive measures upon receiving a Report or a Complaint. Designees may include staff in the Title IX Office and in the Office for Access & Equity-Equal Employment Opportunity Division. At the time that supportive measures are offered, if a Complaint has not been filed, the university will inform the Complainant, in writing, that they may file a Complaint with the university either at that time or in the future. The Title IX Coordinator or designee will work with a party to ensure that their wishes are considered with respect to any planned and implemented supportive measures.

The university will maintain the confidentiality of the supportive measures, provided that confidentiality does not impair the university’s ability to provide those supportive measures. The university will act to ensure as minimal an academic/occupational impact on the Parties as possible. The university will implement measures in a way that does not unreasonably burden any party.

Postsecondary Students and Employees

These actions may include, but are not limited to:

• Referral to counseling, medical, and/or other healthcare services
• Referral to the Employee Assistance Program and/or Faculty Staff Assistance and Well-Being Services
• Academic support, extensions of deadlines, or other course/program-related adjustments
• Class schedule modifications, withdrawals, or leaves of absence
• Student financial aid counseling
• Altering campus housing assignment(s) and/or dining hall
• Altering work arrangements for employees or student-employees
• Safety planning
• A mutual campus directive of no contact between the Parties
• Campus no-trespass notices
• Limiting and/or scheduling access of individual buildings
• Campus escort services - SafeWalks
• Increased security and monitoring of certain areas of the campus
• Training and education programs related to sex-based misconduct
• Referral to community-based service providers
• Any other actions deemed appropriate by the Title IX Coordinator

Violations of no contact orders or other restrictions may be referred to appropriate student or employee disciplinary/grievance processes for enforcement or added as collateral misconduct allegations to an ongoing Complaint under the Sex-Based Misconduct Policy.

If the complainant or respondent is a postsecondary student with a disability, the Title IX Coordinator may consult, as appropriate, with DRES to determine how to comply with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794, in the implementation of supportive measures.

PreK-12 Students

The University includes the following PreK-12 schools: University Laboratory High School, University Primary School, the Child Development Laboratory Preschool, and Orchard Downs Preschool (collectively “Uni”). Examples of supportive measures for Uni students include, but are not limited to:

• Implementing contact limitations (no contact directives) between the parties
• Safety planning
• Adjusting class or work schedules or methods of participating in activities to minimize contact between the complainant and the respondent at school
• School counselors
• Academic support, such as extensions of deadlines, schedule modifications, or other course-related adjustments
• Leaves of absence
• Increased security and monitoring of certain areas of school

If the complainant or respondent is an elementary or secondary student with a disability, the Title IX Coordinator or their designee must consult with one or more members, as appropriate, of the student’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) team, 34 CFR 300.321, if any, or one or more members, as appropriate, of the group of persons responsible for the student’s placement decision under 34 CFR 104.35(c), if any, to determine how to comply with the requirements of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq., and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794, in the implementation of supportive measures.

Request for Review

Seeking Modification or Reversal

For incidents occurring on or after August 1, 2024, the Parties are provided with a timely opportunity to seek modification or reversal of the university’s decision to provide, deny, modify, or terminate supportive measures applicable to them. A request for review should be made using the form within seven (7) business days of the university’s decision regarding the supportive measures. Parties may also email systemofficetitleIX@uillinois.edu or call (217) 300-0237. If extenuating circumstances prevent a party from meeting the seven (7) business day deadline, the party may include a request for an extension by emailing systemofficetitleIX@uillinois.edu. The impartial reviewer will consider such requests on a case-by-case basis.

The request will be routed to an impartial reviewer who may be the University of Illinois System Title IX Coordinator or an impartial trained designee if they are unavailable. The reviewer may contact the Title IX Coordinator or their designee and other relevant employees, as well as the Parties, to gather information as necessary. The impartial reviewer will have the authority to modify or reverse the decision and will determine whether to provide, deny, modify, or terminate the supportive measures if they are inconsistent with the definition of supportive measures. The Title IX Coordinator or a designee will assist in implementing the impartial reviewer’s decision.

The university impartial reviewer typically renders decisions on supportive measures review requests within seven (7) business days of receiving a request and provides a written determination to the impacted party(ies) and the Title IX Coordinator.

Material Change in Circumstances

Parties also have the opportunity to seek additional modification or termination of supportive measures applicable to them if circumstances change materially. Parties should first go to the Title IX Coordinator or their designee who initially assisted them with supportive measures or reach out to their Title IX Coordinator if circumstances change to seek modification or termination of supportive measures. After the university has decided upon the request based on the change in circumstances, the ability to request a review of the decision is preserved.