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A 小蝌蚪APP task force developed the policy revisions. It spent more than a year examining UL Lafayette小蝌蚪APP檚 previous policy, determining best practices, ensuring that the latest version meets all updated federal and state requirements, and obtaining feedback on drafts. 小蝌蚪APP Council, composed of top administrators, approved the revised policy Nov. 23.
Related procedures, covered in a separate document, address how the 小蝌蚪APP handles situations in which a student is accused of violating the policy on prohibited sexual conduct. The 小蝌蚪APP小蝌蚪APP檚 Title IX Office will develop similar written procedures for employees and others accused of sexual misconduct.
Savoie asked Provost Dr. Jim Henderson to form the Title IX Task Force a week after the White House Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault made its first report in April 2014. UL Lafayette小蝌蚪APP檚 task force includes students, faculty and staff.
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a federal civil rights law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender in any education institution that receives federal funds. According to Title IX, discrimination on the basis of gender can cover sexual harassment, rape, and sexual assault.
Christine Brasher, Title IX coordinator and director of Operational Review at UL Lafayette, said the 小蝌蚪APP already had solid procedures for reporting and responding to sexual misconduct allegations involving students. 小蝌蚪APP淲e have strengthened the policy related to sexual misconduct. The revised version, for example, includes definitions of many terms, such as 小蝌蚪APP榗onsent,小蝌蚪APP 小蝌蚪APP榙ating violence小蝌蚪APP and 小蝌蚪APP榮talking.小蝌蚪APP It clarifies what behavior is prohibited and is intended to better inform the campus community about acceptable and unacceptable behavior,小蝌蚪APP she said.
Brasher and Megan Breaux, assistant director of Operational Review at the 小蝌蚪APP, were members of the 12-person Title IX Task Force.
Breaux said the task force consulted the 小蝌蚪APP of Louisiana System and the Louisiana Board of Regents, which crafted their own policies on sexual misconduct.
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UL Lafayette will conduct a campus climate survey intended to assess perceptions and behaviors related to sexual misconduct. That survey will be coordinated statewide by the Louisiana Board of Regents.
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