… Title IX Glossary … Title IX Glossary … Sexual Misconduct / Title IX Glossary Appeal Committee: A committee is formed to hear a Student’s proper appeal, which may follow a determination of Responsible or … other forms of emotional, sexual, or economic abuse directed towards (a) a current or former spouse or intimate partner; (b) a person with whom one shares a child; or (c) anyone who is protected from the Respondent’s acts under the domestic or family violence laws of California, including Family Code Section 6250 et seq., and any applicable federal law, including the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA), as …