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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of |
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| 6 | 7 | | Texas, 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, That House Rule 13, |
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| 7 | 8 | | Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, |
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| 8 | 9 | | Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to |
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| 9 | 10 | | resolve the differences on Senate Bill 968 (a sexual assault policy |
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| 10 | 11 | | at certain public and private institutions of higher education and |
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| 11 | 12 | | to requiring those institutions to provide students and employees |
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| 12 | 13 | | an option to electronically report certain offenses to the |
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| 13 | 14 | | institution) to consider and take action on the following matter: |
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| 14 | 15 | | House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the |
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| 15 | 16 | | committee to add text on a matter which is not included in either |
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| 16 | 17 | | the house or senate version of the bill in SECTION 1 of the bill, in |
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| 17 | 18 | | amended Section 51.9363, Education Code, to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 19 | | Sec. 51.9363. [CAMPUS] SEXUAL ASSAULT POLICY. (a) In this |
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| 19 | 20 | | section, "postsecondary educational institution" means an |
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| 20 | 21 | | ["]institution of higher education or a private or independent |
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| 21 | 22 | | institution of higher education, as those terms are defined[" has |
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| 22 | 23 | | the meaning assigned] by Section 61.003. |
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| 23 | 24 | | (b) Each postsecondary educational institution [of higher |
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| 24 | 25 | | education] shall adopt a policy on [campus] sexual assault |
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| 25 | 26 | | applicable to each student enrolled at and each employee of the |
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| 26 | 27 | | institution. The policy must: |
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| 27 | 28 | | (1) include: |
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| 28 | 29 | | (A) definitions of prohibited behavior; |
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| 29 | 30 | | (B) sanctions for violations; and |
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| 30 | 31 | | (C) the protocol for reporting and responding to |
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| 31 | 32 | | reports of [campus] sexual assault; and |
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| 32 | 33 | | (2) be approved by the institution's governing board |
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| 33 | 34 | | before final adoption by the institution. |
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| 34 | 35 | | (c) Each postsecondary educational institution [of higher |
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| 35 | 36 | | education] shall make the institution's [campus] sexual assault |
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| 36 | 37 | | policy available to students, faculty, and staff members by: |
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| 37 | 38 | | (1) including the policy in the institution's student |
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| 38 | 39 | | handbook and personnel handbook; and |
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| 39 | 40 | | (2) creating and maintaining a web page on the |
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| 40 | 41 | | institution's Internet website dedicated solely to the policy. |
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| 41 | 42 | | (d) Each postsecondary educational institution [of higher |
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| 42 | 43 | | education] shall require each entering freshman or undergraduate |
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| 43 | 44 | | transfer student to attend an orientation on the institution's |
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| 44 | 45 | | [campus] sexual assault policy before or during the first semester |
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| 45 | 46 | | or term in which the student is enrolled at the institution. The |
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| 46 | 47 | | institution shall establish the format and content of the |
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| 47 | 48 | | orientation. |
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| 48 | 49 | | Explanation: This addition is necessary to expand to private |
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| 49 | 50 | | or independent institutions of higher education the requirements |
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| 50 | 51 | | regarding a sexual assault policy and to require the policy to |
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| 51 | 52 | | encompass all incidents of sexual assault, regardless of whether |
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| 52 | 53 | | those incidents occur on or off campus. |
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