Bill > B25-0436

Introduced Session

A BILL IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA To require institutions of higher education in the District to retain a confidential resource advisor, to require amnesty protections under certain circumstances for reporting parties of sexual misconduct, to require institutions to facilitate mandatory annual sexual misconduct trainings for all students that conform with minimum criteria, to require institution of higher education personnel involved in an institution of higher education's sexual misconduct investigative and disciplinary processes to receive annual training in handling sexual misconduct complaints and in the operations of the institution's disciplinary process, to require confidential resource advisors, Title IX coordinators, and institution public safety personnel to be educated in trauma-informed responses, to establish criteria for institutions’ sexual misconduct policies, to require institutions to grant a waiver from some academic requirements under certain conditions to students who report experiencing sexual misconduct to specific institution personnel, to require institutions of higher education to prepare and submit to the Higher Education Licensure Commission a report about sexual misconduct at the institution, and to establish penalties for institutions that do not comply with the provisions of this act.

AI Summary

Charles Allen (D)*,  Matt Frumin (D)*,  Vince Gray (D)*,  Christina Henderson (I)*,  Brianne Nadeau (D)*,  Brooke Pinto (D)*, 

Public Hearing Held (on 11/30/2023)

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