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["Chad Sniffen" <>]

Similar to Illinois, California has an unfunded law (CA Education Code
Section 67385.7) that requires California Community Colleges, California
State Universities, and the University of California to have SV/DV
education programs during orientations and in general on campus. As Ross
suggested, many of these institutions collaborate with local rape crisis
centers and DV programs to provide that infomration.

Califonia is fortunate to have a "Campus Blueprint to Address Sexual
Assault" that helps our campuses concerning the definition of sexual
assault education. That document can be found here:
http://www.calcasa.org/161.0.html

Chad
 

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 On Behalf Of Kim DellAngela
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Subject: Illnois sexual assault awareness education law

The governor of IL signed into law last week a requirement that
community colleges(and others)  "provide some form of sexual assault
awareness education to all incoming students, whether through a         
seminar, online training, or some other way of informing students."
(effective 1/1/09)

We are a very large community college that serves a variety of types of
students -many of whom bypass our formal orientation programs.

 What have other community colleges done with this type of
mandate(unfunded)?
 What is the definition of "sexual assault education" that we need to
use to comply with the letter and intent of the legislation.?
         
        The full act can be found at
        
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=095-0764