Enhanced Campus Safety: Support for Sexual Violence Victims and Transparency
This Act enhances student safety, particularly concerning sexual violence and harassment, by imposing new obligations on universities. It mandates the designation of Sexual and Interpersonal Violence Specialists to provide confidential, victim-centered support, and requires institutions to increase transparency in reporting crimes and disciplinary proceedings. Citizens will gain better access to campus safety information and greater support if they become victims of a crime.
Key points
Mandates the designation of Sexual and Interpersonal Violence Specialists at institutions to offer confidential, trauma-informed support, who are not required to report allegations as campus security authorities.
Requires institutions to publish detailed statistics on sexual assaults (including rape, fondling, incest) and the outcomes of disciplinary proceedings, including the number of cases where students were found responsible or not responsible.
Institutions must establish uniform, fair, and impartial disciplinary processes for violence claims across campus, regardless of the student's status (e.g., athletic team membership).
The Department of Education must create a publicly available, searchable website detailing ongoing investigations and resolutions related to Title IX violations (gender-based discrimination).
Introduces an amnesty policy for students reporting violence, ensuring they are not sanctioned for minor conduct violations (like alcohol/drug use) revealed during the reporting process.
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