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That it mandates education is really important but the level of actually 
primary prevention/risk reduction intervention a college is willing to do is 
the question.


Katie Gentile, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Counseling and Gender Studies
Women's Center Director
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
445 W. 59th Street
NY, NY  10019   212-237-8110
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Very helpful, thanks everyone. I will take a closer look at the Clery
Act as well; I did not realize it was mandating education.

E. Lauren Sogor, MPH
Prevention Campaign Specialist

National Sexual Violence Resource Center
123 North Enola Drive, Enola, PA 17025 717.909.0710 x118
877.739.3895 Toll Free

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   1. Mandatory training (Kaplan, Claire (cnk2r))
   2. VAWA? (Foubert, John)
   3. Re: VAWA? (S. Daniel Carter)
   4. sexual assault education laws (Melanie Matson)
   5. Clery Act (S. Daniel Carter)
   6. Hot policy topics (Lauren Sogor)
   7. RE: VAWA? (Frank, Dawn)


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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:41:39 -0400
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California also legislated mandatory training for the UC and California
State University systems in the 1980's.  I don't know if that has since
been extended to all higher education institutions.  Maybe one of our
colleagues from California can fill us in?
Claire


Claire N Kaplan, PhD
Manager, SAPC Listserv
Director, Sexual & Domestic Violence Services
UVA Women's Center
PO Box 800588
Charlottesville VA 22908-0588
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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:50:29 -0500
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SAPC Colleagues,

I could be totally wrong here, but didn't VAWA make some form of sexual
assault education mandatory at all US colleges and universities?  Wendy
Murphy, where are you?

John

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John D. Foubert, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Anderson, Farris, and Halligan Professor
Program Coordinator, College Student Development Master's Degree Program
Oklahoma State University
School of Educational Studies
314 Willard Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
(405) 744-1480
(405) 744-7758 fax

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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:55:51 -0400
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on 9/28/09 2:50 PM, Foubert, John at 

 wrote:

> I could be totally wrong here, but didn't VAWA make some form of
sexual
> assault education mandatory at all US colleges and universities?
Wendy
> Murphy, where are you?

I don't know about VAWA but the Clery Act does. There is wide latitude,
however, as to the format given the array of institutions that are
subject
to the law.

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S. Daniel Carter
Director of Public Policy
Security On Campus, Inc.
http://www.securityoncampus.org/
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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:22:39 -0700
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Hi Lauren! In California, there is Education Code 67385.7 and 67390:


67385.7.  (a) (1) The governing board of each community college

district and the Trustees of the California State University shall,

and the Regents of the University of California are requested to, in

collaboration with campus-based and community-based victim advocacy

organizations, provide, as part of established campus orientations,

educational and preventive information about sexual violence to

students at all campuses of their respective segments. For a campus

with an existing on-campus orientation program, this information

shall be provided, in addition to the sexual harassment information

required to be provided pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section

66281.5, during the regular orientation for incoming students.

   (2) Each campus of the California Community Colleges and the

California State University shall, and each campus of the University

of California is requested to, post sexual violence prevention and

education information on its campus Internet Web site.

   (b) The educational and preventive information provided pursuant

to this section shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all

of the following:

   (1) Common facts and myths about the causes of sexual violence.

   (2) Dating violence, rape, sexual assault, domestic violence, and

stalking crimes, including information on how to file internal

administrative complaints with the institution of higher education

and how to file criminal charges with local law enforcement

officials.

   (3) The availability of, and contact information for, campus and

community resources for students who are victims of sexual violence.



   (4) Methods of encouraging peer support for victims and the

imposition of sanctions on offenders.

   (5) Information regarding campus, criminal, and civil consequences

of committing acts of sexual violence.

   (c) Campuses of the California Community Colleges and the

California State University shall, and campuses of the University of

California are requested to, develop policies to encourage students

to report any campus crimes involving sexual violence to the

appropriate campus authorities.

   (d) Campuses are urged to adopt policies to eliminate barriers for

victims who come forward to report sexual assaults, and to advise

students regarding these policies. These policies may include, but

are not necessarily limited to, exempting the victim from campus

sanctions for being in violation of any campus policies, including

alcohol or substance abuse policies or other policies of the campus,

at the time of the incident.

   (e) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges

and the Trustees of the California State University shall, and the

Regents of the University of California are requested to, develop and

adopt regulations setting forth procedures for the implementation of
this section by campuses in their respective segments.




67390.  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the

following:

   (a) College students are more vulnerable to rape than any other

age group.

   (b) The majority of reported victims and offenders of rape are of

college age.

   (c) At most colleges and universities today, few students,

faculty, or staff are alerted to crucial information about sexual

assaults, especially acquaintance rape.  Many people have

misconceptions about these crimes that enhance their vulnerability to

victimization.

   (d) Colleges should implement a variety of effective educational

programs to inform all students and other college personnel about

sexual assaults on campus.  These programs should be implemented to

disseminate factual information about sexual assault, promote open

discussion, encourage reporting, and provide information about

prevention to faculty, staff, and both male and female students.

   (e) Colleges need to emphasize to students the seriousness of the

offenses of rape and sexual assault.

   (f) Students need critical factual information about the

prevalence of stranger and acquaintance rape, how and where it

happens, its impact, and the relationship between alcohol and drug

use and sexual assaults.

   (g) It is not sufficient to develop policies, brochures, and other

informational materials; once these materials are developed they

must be distributed in a way that emphasizes their importance and

stimulates the interest of students.

   (h) Fraternities, sororities, and other student organizations

operating on campus should undergo rape-awareness training each year

before they are permitted to hold any events.

   (i) Residence life student staff and all students living in campus

recognized housing should receive acquaintance rape training every

semester.

   (j) Comprehensive information about acquaintance rape and other

kinds of sexual assaults should be provided at all new student

orientation programs and at any campus program that students are

required to attend.

   (k) Colleges should provide special sexual assault seminars for

all athletic coaches and administrators and members of athletic

teams.  These seminars should take place during a student athlete

orientation program or prior to the first team meeting.  Seminars

should use the campus media, newspapers, radio, and television to

heighten awareness of campus violence and its prevention.

   (l) To provide appropriate information and counseling to sexual

assault victims, all college student services professional staff

members or student affairs professional staff members and campus

police should participate in annual sexual assault education

seminars.


Melanie

Melanie O. Matson, M.A.
Director, Rape Prevention Education Program
Women's Center, University of California - Santa Barbara
1220 Student Resource Building
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7190
805-893-2628

www.sa.ucsb.edu/women'scenter<http://www.sa.ucsb.edu/women'scenter>
Does anyone out there live in a state that has a statute regarding
mandatory sexual assault education for state colleges/universities? I
know Wisconsin does this and PA is working on passing legislation.
Anyone else?! Thanks!

Lauren

E. Lauren Sogor, MPH
Prevention Campaign Specialist

National Sexual Violence Resource Center
123 North Enola Drive, Enola, PA 17025 717.909.0710 x118
877.739.3895 Toll Free

collaboration | prevention | resources




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Message: 5
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:49:49 -0400
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The Clery Act, at 20 U.S.C. ? 1092(f)(8)(B)(i), requires institutions of
postsecondary education to "develop and distribute" as a part of their
Annual Security Report (ASR) a statement of their "Education programs to
promote the awareness of rape, acquaintance rape, and other sex
offenses."
This provision was added to the law in 1992 as a part of the Campus
Sexual
Assault Victim's Bill of Rights.

In "The Handbook for Campus Crime Reporting" published in 2005 the U.S.
Department of Education articulated that these "programs are required by
Section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act" meaning that having at least
some programming is mandatory. Section 485(f) is the portion of the HEA
that
is the Clery Act and is also cited as 20 U.S.C. ? 1092(f).

The Act does not specify the format or frequency with which such
programming
must occur just that it "shall be aimed at prevention of sex offenses"
and
that a summary of it must be disclosed at least once annually in each
institution's ASR. So while there is wide flexibility in terms of what
programming different types of institutions offer, every institution
must
offer at least some type of sexual assault awareness educational
programming.

This is one of those cases where it is important to remember that the
Clery
Act is an institutional responsibility not just one for campus police or
security departments. Every office on campus that either offers or ought
to
offer sexual assault awareness programming should be involved in
coordinating and disclosing this programming.

And as we approach the October 1st deadline for disseminating the ASR it
is
also important to remember that as old programming is cycled out and new
programming cycled in that the disclosure ought to be updated to reflect
this.

********************************
S. Daniel Carter
Director of Public Policy
Security On Campus, Inc.
http://www.securityoncampus.org/
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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:53:55 -0400
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Hey again everyone,

Sorry for the back-to-back postings, but I'm working on an article for
the NSVRC's newsletter The Resource and I'd like to write about policy
issues on campus (thus my previous request), but I decided to put it out
to all of you before I finalize: what topic related to campus policy
work (at the institution, state, or federal level) would you be most
interested to read about? What do you believe is the most pressing
"campus policy" issue right now?

All ideas welcome; I'm just trying to see if any common themes emerge
that I can focus on.



Likewise, if you're willing/able to write 500 words on the topic within
the next week, we welcome guest authors! :-)

Lauren



E. Lauren Sogor, MPH
Prevention Campaign Specialist

National Sexual Violence Resource Center
123 North Enola Drive, Enola, PA 17025 717.909.0710 x118
877.739.3895 Toll Free

collaboration | prevention | resources





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Message: 7
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:10:38 -0700
From: "Frank, Dawn" 
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Subject: RE: VAWA?
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In California Assembly Bill No. 1088 added Section 67385.7 and 67390 to
the Education Code relating to public postsecondary education.  There it
states that all higher education institutions must incorporate some
prevention education around sexual assault "at all new student
orientation programs and  at any campus program that students are
required to attend.


Dawn Frank
Violence Prevention Response Coordinator
Collaborative Response to Violence Project
Safe Place, CSU Chico
530-898-3030


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Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:56 AM
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Subject: Re: VAWA?

on 9/28/09 2:50 PM, Foubert, John at 

 wrote:

> I could be totally wrong here, but didn't VAWA make some form of
sexual
> assault education mandatory at all US colleges and universities?
Wendy
> Murphy, where are you?

I don't know about VAWA but the Clery Act does. There is wide latitude,
however, as to the format given the array of institutions that are
subject
to the law.

********************************
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Director of Public Policy
Security On Campus, Inc.
http://www.securityoncampus.org/
e-mail:


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