Baylor Fined Over $460,000 for Clery Act Violations
The Education Department launched an investigation in 2017 following reports of widespread sexual assault by Baylor football players.
The Education Department launched an investigation in 2017 following reports of widespread sexual assault by Baylor football players.
The provisions, added by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 require colleges to enact policies and programs to prevent and respond to sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence and stalking.
Approximately $300 million of a $1 billion budget cut to the NYPD was supposed to be used to move SROs from under the agency.
With a required implementation date of Aug. 14, 2020, K-12 schools must quickly make changes to sexual harassment policies and procedures.
The settlement comes after a six-year investigation by the Department of Education found “persistent failure” in its compiling of campus crime statistics.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said although he is not prepared to eliminate NYPD presence from schools, he is looking into supplementary “grassroots” alternatives.
The lawsuit claims the final regulations narrow Title IX’s reach and will chill the reporting of sexual harassment due to extensive procedural requirements.
In Jan. 2020, Florida Tech President T. Dwayne McCay said up to 53 alleged Clery crimes were not included in the school’s 2019 Annual Security Report.
The new regulations require colleges to allow cross-examination of accusers and eliminate the single-investigator models.
Abigail Boyer, associate executive director for the Clery Center, discusses common findings from reviewing annual security reports.
In this webinar, attendees will learn the observable behaviors people exhibit as they head down a path of violence so we can help prevent the preventable.
This discussion will help participants analyze, understand, and assess their own program effectiveness.