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New Campus Obligations Under Violence Against Women Act

The Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA), which President Obama signed into law March 7, imposes new obligations on colleges and universities under its Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (SaVE Act) provision. ACE has prepared a brief memo that reviews these new obligations, which are effective March 7, 2014. The SaVE Act provision, which amends…

Yale Faces $165,000 Clery Act Fine For Failing To Report Sex Offenses On Campus

Yale University faces a fine of $165,000 from the U.S. Department of Education for “serious and numerous” Clery Act violations, including failing to report forcible sex offenses. Yale failed to report a total of four forcible sex offenses in its campus crime statistics for 2001 and 2002, according to an April 19 letter from Mary…

President Obama Signs Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill, affecting Clery compliance requirements for all Title IV IHE’s

On March 7, 2013, President Obama signed a bill that strengthened and reauthorized the Violence Against Women Act. Included in the bill was the Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (Campus SaVE), which amends the Jeanne Clery Act and affords additional rights to campus victims of sexual violence, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking. Every post-secondary…