Virtual Sexual Assault Response Training Center

Campus Sexual Assault Victims' Bill of Rights

This federal legislation is required for all colleges accepting federal funding. Your institution must provide:

• A description of educational programs to promote the awareness of known and unknown offender rape, and other forcible and non-forcible sex offenses;

• Procedures students should follow if a sex offense occurs, including procedures concerning the importance of preserving evidence for the proof of a criminal offense and to whom the alleged offense should be reported;

• Information on a student's option to notify appropriate law enforcement authorities, including on-campus and local police, and a statement that institutional personnel will assist the student in notifying these authorities, if the student requests the assistance of these personnel;

• Notification to students of existing on- and off-campus counseling, mental health, or other student services for complainants of sex offenses;

• Notification to students that the institution will change a student's academic and living situations after an alleged sex offense, if those changes are requested by the student and are reasonably available;

• Procedures for campus judicial action in cases of an alleged sex offense, including a clear statement that:
  • The accuser and the accused are entitled to the same opportunities to have others present during a judicial proceeding;
  • Both the accuser and the accused must be informed of the outcome of any institutional judicial proceeding brought alleging a sex offense;

• Sanctions the institution may impose following a final determination of an institutional judicial proceeding regarding any sex offense.

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