The “Safe Campus Act of 2015,” which is under review by the House of Representatives’ Committee on Education and the Workforce, aims to regulate policy on federally funded campuses for addressing sexual assault allegations
U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon, R-Ariz., introduced the bill in the House of Representatives on July 29, which amends the Higher Education Act of 1965.
According to a Change.org petition in opposition of the bill, the “Safe Campus Act of 2015,” will ban federally funded campuses from enforcing sanctions against an individual accused of sexual assault or investigating allegations of sexual violence unless the victim chooses to take the allegations to the police for an official investigation, as well.
The bill restricts campus administration from carrying out any disciplinary proceedings against the accused during the course of the police investigation, with the exception of imposing interim sanctions against the accused, such as a temporary suspension or change in housing assignment as long as the institution deems the action “a reasonable measure to promote campus safety and student well-being.”
The bill also reinforces Title IX protections allowing single-sex student organizations to remain gender exclusive and prohibits campuses from requiring such student organizations to waive Title IX protections as a disciplinary action.

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Kevin Miner

“I don’t know that’s tricky, that’s really tricky. I think that campus should be involved.”