“Any institution that receives federal funding in some way, shape or form has to follow or conform with Title IX for all intents and purposes,” said Christina Mancini, an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University who studies sexual victimization and campus sexual assault. “They’re just like a public university.”

ESPN’s Outside the Lines reported June 1 the DOE has received a Title IX complaint related to Baylor’s responses to sexual and physical violence allegations by students, including athletes.

The DOE does not disclose when it receives specific complaints but will announce if an investigation starts. According to the DOE website, the investigation may include “reviewing documentary evidence submitted by both parties, conducting interviews with the complainant, recipient’s personnel, and other witnesses, and/or site visits.”

Holly Snyder, a 2001 Baylor graduate living near Kansas City, Missouri, reportedly filed the complaint “on behalf of all women to make (sure) that Baylor is investigated to the full extent regarding actions it took to create a climate that covered up sexual violence on campus for many years.”