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Students accused of non-Title IX misconduct should get fair hearings, too by Susan Kruth November 12, 2020 Students sometimes ask why FIRE spends so much time making sure students accused of sexual misconduct receive fair hearings. They’ve noticed that over the past decade, a lot of our work has focused on the interplay between Title IX […]
November 9, 2020 TNG Consulting and Brett Sokolow It has been a week! We now know that Joe Biden is the President-Elect of the United States of America. There will still be some legal wrangling, and nothing is set in stone until the electors vote in December. But, assuming this outcome is maintained, you’ll likely […]
Barrett Confirmation is a Win for Due Process on Campus By Edward Bartlett In her swearing-in ceremony, new Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett pledged “to do my job without any fear or favor, and that I will do so independently of both the political branches and of my own preferences.” While many speculate on […]
By Greta Anderson November 5, 2020 The State of New York and the U.S. Department of Education agreed Tuesday to dismiss the state’s lawsuit against the department and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos. The lawsuit, filed in June by state officials and the Board of Education for the New York City school district, challenged the Trump administration’s […]
Title IX’s implementing regulation, 34 CFR 106, prohibits schools from offering scholarships that, “On the basis of sex, provide different amounts or types of such assistance, limit eligibility for such assistance which is of any particular type or source, apply different criteria, or otherwise discriminate.” (See details, below.) In 2019-2020, the SAVE Title IX Equity Project […]
Many states have considered legislation on campus sexual assault in recent years. SAVE tracks these bills on an ongoing basis: The current Legislative Status Report, below, lists all relevant bills that have been introduced in the current year. The table lists the state, bill number, summary, and status. If a bill has been approved by […]
AFFIRMATIVE CONSENT California, Connecticut, and New York have enacted laws that establish an affirmative consent standard on college campuses. California Cal. Civ. Code § 15.5. 67386 (a) In order to receive state funds for student financial assistance, … independent post-secondary institutions shall adopt a policy concerning sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking… involving a student, […]
SAVE has developed a model bill designed to bring fairness to the campus sexual assault issue. Titled the Campus Equality, Fairness, and Transparency Act (CEFTA), the bill supports the rights and interests of both the complainant and accused student, and encourages the involvement of local criminal justice authorities. CEFTA was first released in June 2016 and revised in February 2017. CEFTA […]