NJ S2233

Higher education institutions must provide annual victim-centered training to employees who receive sexual assault reports from students, refer or provide services to victims, or participate in campus disciplinary proceedings related to such incidents

Training requirements extend to residence-life advisors, peer advisors, and similar student positions, as well as campus security employees and contracted security providers

Training must cover institutional sexual assault policies, relevant state and federal laws including Title IX, the Campus Sexual Assault Victim's Bill of Rights, and the Clery Act

Trainees must learn to coordinate responses among the institution, medical providers, law enforcement, and community agencies, and to communicate sensitively with victims

"Victim-centered response" is defined as delivering services compassionately and nonjudgmentally while maintaining victim safety, privacy, confidentiality, and recognizing victims are not responsible for the assault