Title IX reporting rates have increased considerably following an overhaul of the universityâs Title IX office, notable especially because there are fewer enrolled students during the summer, interim Vice President of the office of Title IX and Civil Rights Jane Cassidy said.
Multiple factors are behind the increase in reports: the 18 recommendations in the Husch Blackwell report, the list of 47 action items sponsored by Cassidy at a Board of Supervisors meeting, and most recently, the legislature.
Three sexual assault-related bills passed through the House and Senate during the first session of 2021, the most notable of which is HB 409, now Act No. 472 after being signed off by Gov. John Bel Edwards. The House Bill zeroed in on LSUâs numerous violations of Title IX law and established strict guidelines that were lacking in previous legislation.
Gov. Edwards signs bill creating framework for proper Title IX reporting, accountability
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A bill establishing a framework to ensure proper Title IX reporting and accountability was signed into law this week by Gov. John Bel Edwards.
Title IX protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs that receive federal assistance. House Bill 409 stems from a scandal involving sexual assault allegations against LSU football players that the school didn t properly investigate.
House Bill 409, now Act 472, mandates college employees report known power-based violence violations, which is defined as any form of interpersonal violence meant to control or intimidate someone else by asserting power over that person. These violations include dating violence, sexual assault, sexual harassment, stalking, and more.
Louisiana to exempt diapers, tampons from all sales taxes
Louisiana women and families won’t have to pay sales taxes on diapers, tampons and other feminine hygiene products, under a bill signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards. Share Updated: 5:54 PM CDT Jun 28, 2021 Associated Press
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Louisiana to exempt diapers, tampons from all sales taxes
Louisiana women and families won’t have to pay sales taxes on diapers, tampons and other feminine hygiene products, under a bill signed into law by Gov. John Bel Edwards. Share Updated: 5:54 PM CDT Jun 28, 2021
Women and families in Louisiana will no longer pay sales tax for select hygiene products. By iStock
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Louisiana’s state legislature exempts women and families from paying the 4.45 percent sales tax on hygienic products.
The tax break begins in July 2022.
Women have long paid more for standard goods, a phenomenon called the Pink Tax.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards (D) signed a bill into law on Monday that guarantees Louisiana women and families do not have to pay sales tax on diapers, tampons, and other feminine hygiene products.
The Associated Press reports that this comes with the condition that residents will have to wait for the tax break, set to commence in July 2022.
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