Thursday, January 19, 2017

DeVos says it’s ‘premature’ to commit to following Title IX guidance on campus sexual assault

On Tuesday night, sexual assault survivors flooded Capitol Hill to observe Education Secretary-designate Betsy DeVos’ confirmation hearing.

While they may have had concerns about charter schools and student loans as well, the activists made the trip to see whether DeVos would publicly commit to preserving the official Title IX guidance on sexual assault that was established in 2011.

The guidance, which expanded gender discrimination protections on campus to sexual assault and sexual violence survivors, requires every school to have an established internal procedure to handle allegations of sexual harassment and sexual violence. It also says that every time a complaint is filed the school must promptly investigate it, independent of whether or not the crime is reported to the police...
https://thinkprogress.org/devos-says-its-premature-to-commit-to-following-title-ix-guidance-on-campus-sexual-assault-bee85e7f4aa5#.cpumc81im

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