Flexibility in Hazing Definitions The Stop Campus Hazing Act (SCHA), enacted on December 23, 2024, is designed to create a multi-faceted hazing prevention framework for colleges and universities that doesn’t rely upon a single approach. This includes allowing varying definitions Read More …
Category: Clery Act
Stop Campus Hazing Act Advances in Congress
Washington, DC – The U.S. House Committee on Education & the Workforce today advanced, by a 28-2 vote, the bi-partisan “Stop Campus Hazing Act” (H.R. 5646). The measure will amend the Jeanne Clery Act to provide that institutions of higher Read More …
Understanding the 2024 Title IX Rule Definition of Domestic Violence
VAWA 2022 Domestic Violence Definition Doesn’t Apply to Title IX or Clery Act On June 10th the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in correspondence to SAFE Campuses, LLC clarified to us that schools could use the Read More …
What’s Wrong With Title IX’s Definition of Sexual Assault?
You’d think the 2024 Title IX Rule, due to take effect August 1, 2024, would use the most modern, inclusive definition of sexual assault available. You’d be wrong. You’d think it would be automatically compatible with the definition colleges and Read More …
Join SAFE Campuses in Creating a New Way to “Clery”
Using the Jeanne Clery Act to Create a Comprehensive Campus Safety Framework From time-to-time we see the Clery Act criticized as a bureaucratic compliance obligation rather than something that actually makes college and university campuses safer. Our view at SAFE Read More …
OCR: Institutions Subject to Both Title IX & Clery Must Use Clery’s VAWA Definitions
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today in correspondence to SAFE Campuses, LLC clarified that institutions of higher education may comply with their Title IX obligations by using the same definitions of “VAWA offenses” in disciplinary Read More …
The “Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act” Would Better Reflect Scope of Landmark Law Today
Most people know it simply as the Jeanne Clery Act, but it has a much longer technical name that is outdated. Renaming it the “Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act” would better reflect this comprehensive law & improve campus safety. Many Read More …
Understanding the Clery Act’s Voluntary, Confidential Reporting Option
Over the last few decades, I’ve reviewed thousands of Clery Act Annual Security Reports, and perhaps no provision is more misunderstood than “voluntary, confidential” crime reporting. The most important things to know about it are that institutions aren’t required to Read More …
Clery Act Requires Transparent Appeals in Sexual Misconduct Cases
Education Department Holds Both Complainant & Respondent Must be Allowed to Respond if the Other Appeals The U.S. Department of Education last year found a Maryland university in violation of the Clery Act for failing to allow a complainant in Read More …
Congress Appropriates $1 Million for Campus Sexual Assault Climate Surveys
Federal Agencies Will Create Online Portal for Survey to be Administered by Colleges & Universities Washington, DC – Late last year Congress, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, appropriated $1 million dollars “for surveys on the campus sexual assault Read More …