Federal Relations

The Stop Campus Hazing Act would:

Improve hazing reporting by requiring colleges to include hazing incidents in their Annual Security Report;
Prevent hazing by establishing campus-wide, research-based hazing education and prevention programs; and
Help students and their parents make informed decisions about joining organizations on campus by requiring colleges to publish on their websites the institution’s hazing prevention policies and the organizations that have violated them.

The Campus Accountability and Safety Act would:

Increase transparency and reporting requirements under the Clery Act
Create sexual and interpersonal violence specialists at each institution to serve as confidential aides for victims.
Ensure that sexual and interpersonal violence specialists are well-trained by requiring training created by ED.
Ensure that individuals who report sexual misconduct in good faith are not punished.
Expand the VAWA Campus Grant Program.
Requires the comptroller general to study the effectiveness of VAWA grants.

The Restoring Civility on Campus Act would:

Require immediate OCR investigation on complaints alleging discrimination based on ancestry or ethnicity
Increase transparency for students who report antisemitism
Ensure accurate reporting of hate-motivated crimes and strengthens OCR enforcement of Title VI
- Require ED to conduct ASR Audits
- Increase fines for failure to disclose crimes motivated by antisemitism
  - From $69,733 to $1M per violation
Improve accountability over university and agency officials by:
- Requiring ED staff to process the expedited evaluation of OCR complaints
- Requiring the president or chancellor of the institution to meet with OCR investigators
Require ED to issue a public report on OCR cases involving alleged discrimination on the basis of shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics
- 30 days following the opening of the case
- The report also must be updated every 30 days for the following two years.