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2024
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Act No. 114 (S.120). An act relating to postsecondary schools and sexual misconduct
protections
Subjects: Education; postsecondary schools; Intercollegiate Sexual Harm
Prevention Council
This act adds several sections to the postsecondary schools subchapter in Title 16,
chapter 3 regarding postsecondary school sexual misconduct protections, including the
following:
• Sec. 1 of this act requires postsecondary schools to ensure students have access
either on or off campus to confidential sexual misconduct support services that
would be covered by applicable victim crisis worker privileges. It also
requires postsecondary schools to maintain independently negotiated
agreements with external providers if the external provider provides
confidential support services for the postsecondary school beyond the services
it would provide as a matter of course to the general public.
• Sec. 2 of this act requires postsecondary schools to create and adopt an
amnesty policy that prohibits disciplinary action against a student reporting or
otherwise participating in a school sexual misconduct resolution process for
alleged ancillary policy violations related to the sexual misconduct incident at
issue. This section does allow a postsecondary school to take disciplinary
action if it determines that the conduct at issue placed or threatened to place
the health and safety of another person at risk.
• Sec. 3 of this act requires postsecondary schools to offer annual trauma-
informed, inclusive, and culturally relevant sexual misconduct primary
prevention and awareness programming to all students, staff, and faculty. The
training information is required to be made available on the school’s website.
• Sec. 4 of this act repeals the July 1, 2025 sunset of the Intercollegiate Sexual
Harm Prevention Council.
• Sec. 5 of this act redesignates section 2187, the Intercollegiate Sexual Harm
Prevention Council, to section 183 in Title 16, chapter 3, with the rest of the
postsecondary school sexual misconduct protection sections added in this act.
This section also requires the Council to create or promote annual training
opportunities addressing prevention and sexual assault response processes that
are open to representatives from all Vermont postsecondary schools.
Effective Date: July 1, 2024
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