House lawmakers are renewing a bipartisan effort to toughen federal oversight of how colleges respond to campus sexual violence. Reps. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) and Patrick Meehan (R-Pa.) introduced a bill Thursday to broaden federal authority to levy fines against colleges that fail to protect the civil rights of students in sexual assault cases. The bill, similar to one they sponsored last year in Congress, also would require colleges to survey their students on sexual violence every two years; increase the maximum penalty (to $100,000, from $35,000) for each violation of a campus safety law known as the Clery Act; and create a “private right of action” to facilitate civil suits when students are harmed by safety lapses.

June 4, 2015 ・ From The Washington Post