Whether when an educational institution that is a recipient of Federal funds seeks to impose a lengthy suspension or expulsion on a student for alleged Title IX sexual misconduct and the credibility of witnesses is material to the decisionmaker's finding, confrontation and cross-examination of witnesses at a hearing before neutral decision-makers are necessary elements of a fair process

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether when an educational institution that is a recipient of Federal funds seeks to impose a lengthy suspension or expulsion on a student for alleged Title IX sexual misconduct and the credibility of witnesses is material to the decisionmaker’s finding, confrontation and cross-examination of witnesses at a hearing before neutral decision-makers are necessary elements of a fair process.