Unlike some U.S. Department of Education (ED) requirements—most notably Title IX—the Clery Act’s mandates are rooted almost entirely in statute rather than regulation. This distinction is significant amid recent discussions about reducing reliance on regulatory enforcement in favor of statutory Read More …
Category: Title IX
Violating the Clery Act Will Cost More in 2025: Key Updates in Educational Policy and Compliance
Clery Act Fines Increase to $71,545 Institutions of higher education, take note: the cost of non-compliance with the Clery Act has just escalated. Effective from the announcement on January 21, 2025, the fines for violating the Clery Act have been 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 …
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 …
The Clery Act Requires Colleges & Universities to Effectively Respond to Gender Based Violence Complaints
The VAWA Requirements Operate as a Companion to Title IX While best known for crime statistics and timely warnings the Clery Act also serves as a companion to the sex discrimination civil-rights law Title IX. Clery requires colleges and universities Read More …
President Biden Signs Most Consequential Campus Sexual Violence Legislation In A Decade
Washington, DC – President Joe Biden on March 15, 2022 signed the most consequential campus sexual violence legislation in a decade into law as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 government funding bill (Public Law No: 117-103). The measure Read More …