If you are a student, or the parent of a student, looking for a Florida Title IX lawyer, this page lists the guides on this site for ten Florida public universities. Each guide explains one school’s Title IX process as its own written policy or regulation describes it.
Each university runs its own process under its own policy. The written notice you receive, and the policy version it names, controls your case. Use the guides below for detail, and check every date against your own notice.
How Florida universities handle Title IX cases
Each of these ten universities has its own Title IX policy or regulation, and the guides below describe each one separately. The differences affect deadlines, so read the guide for your school rather than relying on another school’s rules.
The first difference is how days are counted. The University of North Florida’s Regulation 1.0050R counts calendar days. The University of Florida’s Policy 5-003 counts business days. At Florida Gulf Coast University, Policy 1.015 counts calendar days while the student Code counts business days.
The second difference is the evidence review. UCF’s Policy 2-012.3 gives ten calendar days to respond to the evidence before the investigation closes, and sends the report at least ten calendar days before the hearing. Florida State’s Policy 2-2a states no fixed campus count for evidence or report review, so plan around the notices you receive.
The third difference is who asks questions at the hearing. Under FIU’s Regulation FIU-105 and UF’s Policy 5-003, advisors conduct cross examination and parties do not question each other. At the University of South Florida, the Decision Maker conducts questioning, parties may submit questions, and advisors may also pose questions subject to relevance screening.
Informal resolution also varies. The UCF guide notes that the Policy 2-012.3 text reviewed contains no informal resolution provision. The FAMU, FIU, UNF and UWF policies allow informal or alternative resolution in some cases, but not where a student alleges misconduct by a university employee.
Some policies reach beyond Title IX. USF’s Policy 0-004 covers all sex discrimination in one track, and FIU’s Regulation FIU-105 covers both Title IX sexual harassment and sexual misconduct.
Florida university guides
- Florida A&M University: FAMU handles Title IX sexual misconduct under Regulation 1.022, which counts business days unless the text says calendar days. Where a student is the respondent, Regulation 1.022 gives ten business days to appeal in writing to the Dean of Students or designated official.
- Florida Atlantic University: FAU runs Title IX through its Office of Civil Rights and Title IX, known as OCR9, under Policy 7.10. Policy 7.10 gives five business days to appeal a determination or dismissal through the OCR9 appeal form.
- Florida Gulf Coast University: FGCU’s process draws on Regulation 1.009, Policy 1.015, and Regulation 4.002, the Code under which students are adjudicated. The Policy and the Code count days differently, and the appeal route depends on the type of decision. See the school page for appeal timing.
- Florida International University: FIU uses Regulation FIU-105, which counts deadlines in Business Days and gives two separate ten Business Day review windows before a hearing. Regulation FIU-105 gives seven Business Days to appeal in writing.
- Florida State University: FSU applies Policy 2-2a, which supplements Policy 2-2 and sends cases not resolved informally to a live hearing before a single hearing officer. Policy 2-2a gives five days from notice to appeal a dismissal or finding, and it counts university business days unless it states otherwise.
- University of Central Florida: UCF decides covered cases under Policy 2-012.3, the Title IX Grievance Policy, which requires a live hearing that the parties cannot waive. Policy 2-012.3 gives ten business days to appeal an outcome, and ten business days to appeal a dismissal.
- University of Florida: UF resolves covered cases under Policy 5-003, effective June 13, 2025, which defines Days as business days. Policy 5-003 gives five Days to appeal a dismissal or determination in writing.
- University of North Florida: UNF uses Regulation 1.0050R, one regulation covering Title IX sexual harassment and other sexual misconduct, and counts every day as a calendar day. Regulation 1.0050R gives five days after receiving the determination to appeal in writing to the Title IX Coordinator.
- University of South Florida: USF handles all sex discrimination in one track under Policy 0-004 and its linked Sex Discrimination Procedure, with ten business days to comment on the Final Investigative Report. Under that procedure, students appeal a final determination in writing to the Dean of Students or designee within five business days.
- University of West Florida: UWF uses Policy P-14.05-07/26, administered through Title IX Programs, which counts business days unless otherwise noted. The policy gives five days to appeal a dismissal, and the Title IX process page gives 10 business days from the decision letter to appeal a hearing decision.
Common questions
Do all Florida public universities follow the same Title IX policy?
Not among the ten schools on this page. Each uses its own policy or regulation, such as Policy 2-012.3 at UCF, Policy 5-003 at UF, and Regulation 1.0050R at UNF. Your notice should name the one that applies to you.
Is the appeal deadline the same everywhere?
No. To appeal a hearing outcome, FAU, Florida State, UF, UNF and USF state five days or five business days. FIU states seven Business Days. UCF and UWF state ten business days, and so does FAMU where a student is the respondent. Some schools count calendar days and others count business days, and some have separate routes for dismissals and hearing decisions. Take the deadline from your school’s document and the date on your own notice or decision letter. This page does not count days for you.
Can my advisor be a lawyer?
Each of the ten guides describes a right to an advisor of choice, and most say that advisor may be an attorney. What the advisor may do differs by school. At most of these schools advisors conduct the hearing cross examination, while at USF the Decision Maker leads the questioning.
What should I check first in my notice?
Check which policy or regulation the notice names, whether a formal complaint has been filed, and each date or deadline it gives. Then read how that policy counts days, because the same number can mean calendar days at one school and business days at another.
Talk to a Florida Title IX lawyer
If you have received a Title IX notice from a Florida university, you can contact us to talk through the notice and the policy it names.
Disclaimer
This page is general information only and is not legal advice. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any university named on this page. Reading this page or contacting us does not create an attorney-client relationship. University policies and procedures change. The notice you receive and the policy version it names control your case, so check your notice.
