Offenders. In addition these lines can go to help subsidize it costs for enforcement area directly into victim services. No fines were levied. Schools cannot truly be held accountable. Secondly, Congress Must compel the department of education to continually release a list of school with complaints. They may be deprived of affirmation surrounding their own complaints. The university was under investigation when i was raped there were still under investigation and i still did not know. Had i known, i could only about what have chosen another school to attend. I only wish i had known they were under investigation when i began going through my campuses silicon and that a modicum of preparation for this humiliation the wooden door. They did not protect the. I was thrilled to see that ocr recently released a list of schools currently under investigation, but that must become the norm. Compel them to continuously been publicly released surabaya experience can become a now wire. He did not us
And so to both of our panelists, why understand that instances of Sexual Assault against students who are in rotc programs should be investigated and reported in the same manner as other campus Sexual Assaults, i guess my questions are, have you undertaken any formal or informal cooperation with the Defense Department on the issue of sexual balances in rotc programs and College Campuses. Can you tell me why the department of education has not apparently spoken specifically to this aspect . And there would ask both of you respond. Thank you. What, i am sorry to have disappointed you in the task force so far end of the we can redeem ourselves Going Forward. It is a focused criticism and fair point. I want to be sure that i say that our goal in the most recent frequently asked questions document was to make clear that there is posted on the College Campus and the obligations do not extend to. It was our goal ought to take away from that overarching message that time line obligation to ext
Been in our investigative space working specifically with rotc students. One complaint in the k12 space, a young woman came with a complaint she had not been able to be promoted to commander in her army rotc. We investigated and found harrowing facts about the way she was being treated and the rotc lead talked to her in sexually discriminatory ways in that school. Her mom thanked us at the end of the resolution to let us know she was the first young one ever to be promoted on that camp. We are working in this space. We are trying to send a clear message. Specifically to your question about the ways we work with the armed force defense, we work hand in hand with them. The president directed us and reminded us repeatedly he expects an annual report with new progress each time Going Forward. There will be further steps. Thank you. Senator baldwin, i want to thank you for your work on the defense aspect of this. I think one of my take aways from the fine work you all did was that you have
On the Health Committee are from even have laws that are discriminatory on the books. I was doing just a quick search, you see male pronouns en were talking about assailants and females when you see survivors. It needs to be eradicated and the senate is the place to start. You have to start from the top and i appreciate the work youve done on this topic. And its one we have to keep talking about and have to keep legislating. Thank you. I would reiterate that point about language. Something as simple, its called the violence against women act or often violence against women and paints a very clear picture of who violence happens to and who perpetuates violence and really leaves those people out. Something to be mindful of as well is we are requiring colleges to consider doing climate surveys and you can probably speak better to this than i but those are to be made sure to have language thats inclusive that measures incidents across groups and doesnt presume opposite sex partners or oppo
The department of education investigates violations of cleary act entitled and title ix violations. What are the best practices that universities can take to proactively prevent Sexual Assault . Among the actresses we hope to see is the conduct of a Climate Survey with i and a fine whetherents feel and the message has been received about where to go, what is tolerated and not tolerated, who took complained to and whether there is a feeling of safety on the campus so we think a Climate Survey is an important first step and it is critically important to communicate about hostile environments so the School Community is clear about what is and what is not acceptable. It is important to let students ix courtthe title nader is. It is extremely important to have a transparent and fully functional investigative process where students need to complain so interim relief is available when they need it so students can be clear that effective and appropriate steps are taken to address Sexual Violen