Comments: One commenter recommended together with aid and context for the Department's contention in the NPRM that the proposed principles will give sexual harassment complainants greater self esteem to report and anticipate their college to respond in a meaningful way by separating a recipient's obligation to reply to a report of sexual harassment from the recipient's obligation to examine official complaints of sexual harassment the commenter argued that the NPRM thus implies that either complainants do not presently have a distinct understanding of their Title IX legal rights and a school's obligation to answer or that complainants are beneath the false impression that all grievances are viewed as official problems underneath the present Title IX guidance and regulations. Comments: One commenter expressed problem that the last polices need to not emphasize the view that educational institutions are Start Printed Page 30189 in a special position to make disciplinary conclusions centered on faculty local climate mainly because all choices, such as disciplinary choices, really should be made congruent with the intent and spirit of the proposed policies. The Department acknowledges the problem of the commenter that opposed the NPRM mainly because the commenter considered the language was also obscure and does not present adequate detail as to how the proposed regulations would be implemented in distinct situations.
