Legislation introduced in the Senate last Thursday could broaden federal laws addressing sexual violence on college campuses.
If the bill is signed into law, the University would have to expand its sexual assault policies “to include mandatory prevention education for all students,” said Margaret Mikkelsen, executive director of the Sexual Assault Resource Agency, a community organization serving residents of Charlottesville and neighboring counties.
That education would have to cover domestic violence in addition to sexual violence, Mikkelsen said.
The Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act was introduced by Senators Robert Casey, Jr., D-Pa., and Patty Murray, D-Wash. Among other provisions, the legislation would require colleges and universities to include incidents of sexual violence in their annual crime reports, to offer educational programs about sexual violence prevention, to define consent and to provide victims of sexual violence with a written summary of their rights to disciplinary proceedings and campus support, such as changing classes or dormitory assignments to avoid an alleged assailant.
The bill would amend the Jeanne Clery Act, the federal law requiring colleges and universities which receive federal funding to collect and disclose information regarding crime on or near their campuses.
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