If you are a student looking for a Kansas Title IX lawyer, this page links to our guides for four Kansas universities. Each guide explains, in general terms, how that university handles a Title IX or sexual misconduct complaint against a student.
Each university runs its own process under its own policy. Your written notice, and the policy version that applies to your case, control your case.
How Kansas universities handle Title IX cases
There is no single Title IX procedure for these four universities. Each one uses its own documents:
- Fort Hays State University: the Sexual Harassment (Title IX) Policy, with the Title IX Hearing Procedures.
- Kansas State University: Policy and Procedures Manual Chapter 3010 (PPM 3010).
- University of Kansas: the Title IX Resolution Process and the Hearing Procedures for Complaints of Sexual Harassment, for the Lawrence and Edwards campuses. KU Medical Center runs a separate Title IX procedure.
- Wichita State University: WSU Policy 3.06 / Sexual Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation for Employees, Students and Visitors.
For Fort Hays State and Wichita State, the Kansas Board of Regents Policy Manual (revised June 18, 2026) sets baseline duties. Chapter II.F.5, Racial, Sexual and Other Unlawful Harassment, requires each of them to keep policies on prohibited harassment that say how it will be addressed. Chapter II.F.4 requires each of them to appoint a Title IX Coordinator. The manual does not set Title IX hearing steps or deadlines. Those come from each university’s own policy.
Chapter II.B.11, Student Complaint Process, lets a student whose complaint is still unresolved after every university process write to the Board office. The Board office reviews whether the university had a process, followed it, and reached a reasonable resolution. The manual does not call this an appeal, and it does not say whether it covers a Title IX finding. Our Kansas State and University of Kansas guides do not discuss the Board manual.
Each university also sends some cases down a different path:
- At Fort Hays State, sexual misconduct outside the Title IX policy’s scope may be handled under the Student Code of Conduct.
- Kansas State’s PPM 3010 has a Title IX track in Step 7(a) and a separate non-Title IX track in Step 7(b), with different hearing formats and appeal routes.
- At the University of Kansas, conduct outside Title IX’s scope may go through the separate Discrimination Complaint Resolution Process.
- Wichita State’s Student Code of Conduct Handbook sends sexual misconduct, relationship violence, and stalking allegations to Policy 3.06, while related allegations may go through the student conduct process.
Some points are shared. All four guides describe the preponderance of the evidence standard for deciding responsibility. All four say the university provides an advisor for the hearing if a party does not have one.
Kansas university guides
- Fort Hays State University: Covers the Sexual Harassment (Title IX) Policy and Title IX Hearing Procedures that the Compliance Office links, and the separate Student Code of Conduct route. The Title IX policy has its own appeal rule, and two FHSU documents describe the Code appeal differently. See the school page for appeal timing.
- Kansas State University: Covers PPM 3010, the policy the Civil Rights & Title IX office links directly, and its two tracks. Step 8(a) and Step 8(b) set different appeal routes. See the school page for appeal timing.
- University of Kansas: Covers the Title IX Resolution Process and the Hearing Procedures for Complaints of Sexual Harassment on the Lawrence and Edwards campuses. KU’s documents set two separate appeal stages with different triggers. See the school page for appeal timing.
- Wichita State University: Covers Policy 3.06, administered by the Office of Civil Rights, Title IX & ADA Compliance. Policy 3.06 and two office web pages word the appeal window differently. See the school page for appeal timing.
Common questions
Do all Kansas public universities follow the same Title IX policy?
No. Each of these four universities uses its own policy and procedures.
Is the appeal deadline the same everywhere?
No. The universities use different documents and appeal routes, and the timing depends on the track and the decision being appealed. Even the day counts differ: for the written response to the evidence, KU’s Resolution Process gives 10 calendar days, while Wichita State’s Policy 3.06 gives a ten business day review period. Use the deadline in the notice or decision you receive, and confirm it with the office that sent it.
Can I appeal to the Kansas Board of Regents?
Our Fort Hays State and Wichita State guides explain that the Board manual does not provide a Title IX appeal. It allows a written complaint to the Board office after all university processes are used up, and the Board office reviews process and reasonableness.
What should I check first in my notice?
Check which policy and track the notice names, because each of these universities can send some conduct to a different process. Also check the dates. Each guide explains that the policy version that applies can depend on the date of the incident and the date of your notice.
Talk to a Kansas Title IX lawyer
If you have a Title IX notice from a Kansas university, you can contact us to ask about your situation.
Disclaimer
This page is general information, not legal advice. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University, the University of Kansas, Wichita State University, or the Kansas Board of Regents. 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.
