The Law & Education: Episode 52: CHIPS with Andrea Stagg and Joe Storch

Episode 52: CHIPS with Andrea Stagg and Joe Storch

Mar 30, 2023

Today’s topic gets really interesting when it impacts Title IX. Joining us today to explain the CHIPS Act of 2022 and how it might impact you are Joe Storch and Andrea Stagg with Grand River Solutions. During today’s discussion, our guests distill the role and implications of the Act, and what it means for compliance. We touch on institutional reporting, and the three big agencies promulgating the rules. You’ll hear how the incredibly low rate of reporting on sexual harassment impacts procedure, along with some innovative solutions for the problem. We talk about the role of Sponsored Programs Officers and in-house support for Title IX Coordinators, and discuss the expected timeline for new regulations to go live. We hope you join us today to hear all this and more from these two passionate experts here to equip you with the knowledge you need. Thanks for tuning in!

Key Points From This Episode:

An update on what the team at ICS has been working on.
What you can look forward to next, including a conference, virtual training, and more.
Two newly launched interactive tools for Title IX Coordinators.
Introducing today’s guests, Joe Storch and Andrea Stagg with Grand River Solutions.
Today’s topic: The CHIPS Act of 2022.
An overview of the CHIPS Act and which part of it will be discussed today.
Surprising statistics proving the prevalence of sexual harassment in STEM.
How Grand River Solutions goes beyond Federal Law to ask questions and establish policies.
What the laws detailed in CHIPS bring to compliance.
Required institutional reporting and the three agencies that have promulgated rules.
How the low rate of reporting sexual harassment impacts procedure.
How a lack of appropriate definitions poses a challenge to compliance.
Advice for Title IX Coordinators to reach out to Sponsored Programs Officers and in-house counsel.
The timeline surrounding the bill and why deadlines are unlikely to be met.
The 32 million dollars put behind addressing sexual harassment in STEM.
The timely publishing of Lessons in Chemistry.
Andrea and Joseph’s hope and predictions for the future.
The role of politics in regulation-making and enactment.