Colleges and schools would face stricter definitions of misconduct and new standards for launching investigations under Betsy DeVos' Title IX plan
Men's rights advocates and defense lawyers laud the new proposed rules, saying they represent a first step to level the playing field for men accused of misconduct on college campuses. They believe today’s Title IX investigation system is biased, and say the new rule restores due process for accused offenders, as DeVos intends.
on campus sexual misconduct, but said the administration “overreached, imposing policy by political letter.” “Schools are not all prepared to handle these incidents as they occur right now,” said Joel Levin, a co-founder of the nonprofit Stop Sexual Assault In Schools organization. Unlike the procedure for colleges, the proposed rules allow — but don’t mandate — elementary and high schools to hold live hearings where victims’ representatives can cross-examine alleged perpetrators.
“To me, the most damaging things that they’re doing are just making it harder for students to report sexual harassment,” Levin said. “There’s already barriers for K-12 students. A lot of students don’t report because they don’t think the school is going to do anything about it, or they’ll be blamed, or [the school] won’t discipline the perpetrator.”
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