The CSU system will be required to establish clear policies and guidelines for how sexual harassment cases are investigated and tracked.
The California State University system will be required to establish clear policies and guidelines for how sexual harassment cases are investigated and tracked under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Monday.that examined how officials investigated and tracked complaints at the nation’s largest public four-year university system following outcry over the failure to properly handle sexual misconduct cases across multiple campuses.to student and faculty sexual misconduct and retaliation complaints.
The CSU will now be required to follow through on last year’s recommendations that include the development of clear guidelines for investigations, an established policy to track complaints and a policy to address cases of wrongdoing that do not meet the sexual harassment threshold. University officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Assembly Bill 1790 was introduced by Assemblymembers Damon Connolly, D-San Rafael, and Mike Fong, D-Alhambra. “This legislation will ensure that survivors are heard, perpetrators are held accountable, and our educational institutions uphold the highest standards of justice and support,” Connolly said in a statement. “By strengthening protections against sexual assault and sexual harassment, we can make our California State Universities safer for students and faculty by ensuring that allegations of sexual harassment are not wrongfully dismissed.
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