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IN SB0260
Bill
AI Summary
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Requires all approved postsecondary educational institutions in Indiana to adopt comprehensive policies addressing sexual violence, domestic violence, and stalking by July 1, 2020, including definitions of consent, reporting procedures, and complaint resolution processes.
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Mandates institutions designate confidential advisors who must complete at least 40 hours of initial training and 6 hours of annual continuing education to provide emergency and ongoing support to student victims.
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Establishes complaint resolution procedures requiring preponderance of evidence standard, written notification of results within 7 days, appeal rights for both parties, and prohibition on direct cross-examination between complainant and respondent.
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Requires annual victim-centered and trauma-informed response training for employees involved in receiving reports, providing victim services, or complaint resolution proceedings, beginning with the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Mandates annual reporting to the Commission for Higher Education by November 1 each year starting in 2021, including incident statistics, investigation outcomes, and disciplinary actions, with non-compliant institutions publicly listed on the commission's website.
Legislative Description
Prevention of sexual violence, domestic violence, and stalking. Requires each approved postsecondary educational institution to do the following: (1) Establish a comprehensive policy concerning sexual violence, domestic violence, and stalking (comprehensive policy). (2) Develop a concise notice, written in plain language, regarding the rights and options of students who are victims of sexual violence, domestic violence, or stalking, and provide the notice to students from whom the approved postsecondary educational institution receives a report of a violation of the comprehensive policy. (3) Designate one or more individuals to serve as confidential advisors to provide emergency and ongoing support to students who are victims of sexual violence, domestic violence, or stalking. (4) Establish a complaint resolution procedure to resolve reports of student violations of an approved postsecondary educational institution's comprehensive policy. (5) Provide training and information concerning sexual violence, domestic violence, and stalking to students and certain employees of the approved postsecondary educational institution. (6) Establish an approved postsecondary educational institution campus wide task force or participate in a regional task force to work toward improving coordination among community leaders and service providers in the prevention of sexual violence, domestic violence, and stalking, and ensure a coordinated response of law enforcement and victim services. (7) Submit a report to the commission for higher education (commission) concerning an approved postsecondary educational institution's comprehensive policy, notice of student rights and options, and information regarding reports of sexual violence, domestic violence, and stalking at the approved postsecondary educational institution. Requires the commission to maintain on the commission's Internet web site a list of all the approved postsecondary educational institutions that fail to comply with the reporting requirements.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
1/3/2019