Federal Rules Give More Protection To Students Accused Of Sexual Assault
New federal regulations on how schools â from kindergarten all the way through college â must respond to cases of sexual assault and harassment are drawing swift and mixed reactions.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced what she called historic changes Wednesday to Obama-era guidelines that she said will make the process fairer and better protect accused students. While some welcome the changes to Title IX as long overdue, survivors' advocates are panning the new rules as a throwback to the days when sexual assault was seldom reported or punished, and schools are protesting they can't possibly implement them by summer, as required.
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