Campus Accountability and Safety Act

This bill changes federal campus crime reporting rules for colleges that receive federal student aid funds. Colleges would have to report more details about rape and fondling cases involving students, including how many went through campus discipline and the outcomes. Each college would have to name confidential sexual and interpersonal violence specialists, post reporting and support information on its website, use one disciplinary process for all students, and train staff who handle these cases. The Department of Education would run a public campus safety website and could fine colleges up to 1 percent of their operating budget for not following the rules. The bill also adds sexual harassment to an existing federal campus grant program and orders a federal study of that program.

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Sponsors

• Kirsten E. Gillibrand Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors