District of Columbia Code Division VI. Education, Libraries, and Public Institutions. § 38-3501. Definitions.

(1) “Assisted party” means a student at, or an employee of, an institution who seeks the services of a confidential resource advisor.

(2) “Confidential communication” means oral or written information exchanged between a confidential resource advisor and an assisted party while the confidential resource advisor is performing the duties required or authorized under this chapter.

(3) “Confidential resource advisor” means an individual whom an institution has designated to provide emergency and ongoing support to an assisted party pursuant to § 38-3502 and who is not empowered to institute corrective measures on behalf of the institution in response to a report of sexual misconduct.

(4) “Employee” means an individual employed by an institution.

(5) “Institution” means an entity or person incorporated, chartered, or established in the District, including by Council or congressional act, that offers postsecondary or graduate degrees, and that operates, keeps, or maintains a facility in the District.

(6) “Student” means an individual who is enrolled at an institution at the time of alleged sexual misconduct.

(7) “Sexual misconduct” shall have the same meaning as sex-based harassment, as that term is defined in 34 C.F.R. § 106.2;

(8) “Sexual misconduct resource provider” means a:

(9) “Supportive measures” shall have the same meaning as provided in 34 C.F.R. § 106.2.

(10) “Title IX” means Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, approved June 23, 1972 (86 Stat. 373;  20 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.).

(11) “Title IX Coordinator” means the employee designated by an institution to perform the functions required by 34 C.F.R. § 106.8(a).

(12) “Trauma-informed response” means a response to a report of sexual misconduct involving an understanding of the complexities of sexual misconduct through training centered on the neurobiological impact of trauma, the influence of myths and stereotypes surrounding the causes and impacts of trauma, perpetration methodology pertaining to sexual misconduct, and methods to conduct investigations of sexual misconduct.