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This bill, known as the Mississippi Safe Dormitories Act, aims to enhance student safety at state institutions of higher learning by implementing new regulations for on-campus living facilities and relationships between employees and students. It prohibits students with certain registration requirements from living in university-owned or managed housing and forbids employees from engaging in romantic or intimate relationships with students over whom they have any academic, administrative, or supervisory authority. The act mandates that state institutions provide single-sex living facilities where members of the opposite biological sex are not allowed as guests or visitors, with exceptions for designated public visiting rooms, and requires all first-year students under 21 and unmarried to reside in such facilities. Institutions must also educate students and staff about these policies and the reduced incidence of sexual assault in single-sex dorms. Students aggrieved by violations can file civil lawsuits against the institution and responsible employees, seeking damages of at least $10,000 per violation, and institutions are not immune from such lawsuits. The bill also establishes a one-year statute of limitations for filing these claims, with each day a violation persists counting as a new day for the cause of action to accrue.

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