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Campus Accountability and Safety Act

This bill addresses sexual harassment, sexual assault, and other violence and harassment on the campuses of colleges and universities.

The bill amends provisions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 known as the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act to expand reporting requirements included in the annual campus security report provided to current and prospective students and employees. Specifically, the report must include information about: (1) the institutions coordination with local law enforcement about domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking occurring against its students or against other individuals on its campus; (2) statistics about certain criminal offenses reported to campus security authorities or local police, including rape, fondling, incest, and statutory rape; and (3) information about how the institution is addressing domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The Department of Education (ED) must administer and publish the campus-level results of a biannual survey of students regarding their experiences with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.

Each institution must establish a campus security policy that meets certain requirements with respect to: (1) assisting survivors; (2) training individuals who are involved in implementing the student grievance procedures or who are responsible for interviewing survivors; and (3) establishing a uniform process for student disciplinary proceedings relating to any claims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking or a sexual misconduct policy violation against a student.

ED and the Department of Justice may impose civil penalties for failure to meet certain requirements under this bill.

The bill also authorizes grants to address these issues.","legislationIdentifier":"S 856","legislationType":"Bill","legislationLegalForce":"NotInForce","legislationJurisdiction":"USA","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Claire McCaskill","url":"https://legisdaily.com/mp/claire-mccaskill-us"}],"about":{"@type":"Thing","name":"Education"},"keywords":"Administrative remedies, Assault and harassment offenses, Civil actions and liability, Congressional oversight, Crime prevention, Crimes against women, Crime victims, Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation, Criminal justice information and records, Department of Education, Domestic violence and child abuse, Drug, alcohol, tobacco use, Education programs funding, Evidence and witnesses, Government information and archives, Government studies and investigations, Higher education, Internet and video services, Internet, web applications, social media, Law enforcement administration and funding, School administration, Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination, Sex offenses, Student records, Violent crime","dateModified":"2025-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","url":"https://legisdaily.com/bill/USA-115-S-856"}

Claire McCaskill

Claire McCaskill

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee