S 590 · 114th Congress · Education

Campus Accountability and Safety Act

Introduced 2015-02-26· Sponsored by Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO]· Senate

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Latest: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-672.(2015-07-29)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Campus Accountability and Safety Act Amends provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) known as the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in title IV (Student Assistance) programs to include in their annual campus security reports provided to current and prospective students and employees: the memorandum of understanding that this Act requires IHEs to enter into with local law enforcement agencies (and update, as necessary, every two years) to clearly delineate responsibilities and share information about certain serious crimes, including sexual violence, occurring against students or other individuals on campus; and specified information regarding the number of sex offenses reported to the IHE and the IHE's disposition of sex offense cases. Requires IHEs to provide new students and employees with a statement that identifies domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking as crimes which will be reported and with respect to which, based on the victim's wishes, the IHE will cooperate with local law enforcement. Requires an IHE's disciplinary proc…

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Cosponsors (20)

12 Democrats8 Republicans