What Does The Law Say Regarding Sexual Assault At Colleges and Universities?
There’s an increasing number of sexual misconduct incidents reported every day to United States Department of Education Office of Civil Rights and people are happy than ever that there’s finally a bounce back from young victims of colleges and universities. Nowadays, more colleges and universities are reporting one-of-a-kind of inappropriate behavior to legal officials and so their concern is immediately administered by federal investigations on their certain campuses. However, In April, the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) notified all colleges and universities through a letter specifying points to deal sexual misconduct under Title IX, a 1972 gender-equity law governing educational institutions those who have federal funds. The prominent points of the letter address the timelines for filing cases, guidelines to ease out the victims and curing the hostile environments. So far at least 25 colleges and universities, from Stanford University to the Univ...