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Sarah McMahon; Sara M. Thomas; Julia Cusano; Julia Anne Maxwell; Allison Brachmann; Rachel Connor – Journal of School Violence, 2024
The administration of campus climate surveys has proliferated across the United States at institutions of higher education to help respond to sexual misconduct. This study reviews existing state legislation related to campus climate surveys and compares it to the recent federal mandate outlined in the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Federal Legislation, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2022
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as reauthorized in 2015, includes a provision to help protect students from sexual abuse and misconduct. ESEA Section 8546 requires states to adopt laws or policies that prohibit K-12 employers from assisting or aiding and abetting school employees, contractors, or agents in obtaining a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Sexual Abuse
Anderson, Leslie M.; Spector, Jason; Riley, Derek; Kidd, Sophie; Wilkerson, Stephanie B.; Cosby, Anne C.; Laguarda, Katrina – Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, US Department of Education, 2022
In 2015, Congress added a provision in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to help protect students from sexual abuse and misconduct in schools. ESEA Section 85461 requires states to have in place laws or policies that prohibit schools, local school districts, or state education agencies (SEAs) from…
Descriptors: State Policy, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Harassment, Barriers
Morse, Andrew; Sponsler, Brian A.; Fulton, Mary – NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2015
NASPA--Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education and Education Commission of the States (ECS) have partnered to address legislative developments and offer considerations for leaders in higher education and policy on two top-level safety issues facing the higher education community: campus sexual violence and guns on campus. The first in a…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Higher Education, School Safety, Violence
Uerling, Donald F. – 1997
This paper sets out the legal grounds for sexual harassment claims in education settings, and notes a number of pertinent cases that are illustrative of common legal and factual issues. Sexual harassment, including sexual abuse, is prohibited by federal and state statutes. Sexual harassment in the context of employment constitutes employment…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education
Wenninger, Mary Dee, Ed. – Women in Higher Education, 1994
This document consists of the 12 monthly issues of a newsletter on women students, teachers, and administrators in higher education, issued in 1994. Each issue includes feature articles, news on higher education, profiles of significant people in the field, and job announcements. The issues' main article topics are: (1) campuses's changing…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Faculty, Court Litigation, Females