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| 1 | + | 85R33358 KJE-D | |
| 1 | 2 | By: Watson S.R. No. 931 | |
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| 5 | + | R E S O L U T I O N | |
| 5 | 6 | BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | |
| 6 | 7 | Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, That Senate Rule 12.03 be | |
| 7 | 8 | suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the | |
| 8 | - | conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on | |
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| 9 | + | conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate | |
| 10 | + | Bill 968 (a sexual assault policy at certain public and private | |
| 11 | + | institutions of higher education and to requiring those | |
| 11 | 12 | institutions to provide students and employees an option to | |
| 12 | 13 | electronically report certain offenses to the institution) to | |
| 13 | 14 | consider and take action on the following matter: | |
| 14 | - | Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee | |
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| 16 | - | ||
| 15 | + | Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee to | |
| 16 | + | add text on a matter which is not included in either the house or | |
| 17 | + | senate version of the bill in SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended | |
| 17 | 18 | Section 51.9363, Education Code, to read as follows: | |
| 18 | - | Sec. 51.9363. [CAMPUS] SEXUAL ASSAULT POLICY. (a) In | |
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| 19 | + | Sec. 51.9363. [CAMPUS] SEXUAL ASSAULT POLICY. (a) In this | |
| 20 | + | section, "postsecondary educational institution" means an | |
| 20 | 21 | ["]institution of higher education or a private or independent | |
| 21 | 22 | institution of higher education, as those terms are defined[" has | |
| 22 | 23 | the meaning assigned] by Section 61.003. | |
| 23 | - | (b) Each postsecondary educational institution [of | |
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| 24 | + | (b) Each postsecondary educational institution [of higher | |
| 25 | + | education] shall adopt a policy on [campus] sexual assault | |
| 25 | 26 | applicable to each student enrolled at and each employee of the | |
| 26 | 27 | institution. The policy must: | |
| 27 | 28 | (1) include: | |
| 28 | 29 | (A) definitions of prohibited behavior; | |
| 29 | 30 | (B) sanctions for violations; and | |
| 30 | - | (C) the protocol for reporting and responding | |
| 31 | - | ||
| 31 | + | (C) the protocol for reporting and responding to | |
| 32 | + | reports of [campus] sexual assault; and | |
| 32 | 33 | (2) be approved by the institution's governing board | |
| 33 | 34 | before final adoption by the institution. | |
| 34 | - | (c) Each postsecondary educational institution [of | |
| 35 | - | higher education] shall make the institution's [campus] sexual | |
| 36 | - | assault policy available to students, faculty, and staff members | |
| 37 | - | by: | |
| 38 | - | (1) including the policy in the institution's | |
| 39 | - | student handbook and personnel handbook; and | |
| 35 | + | (c) Each postsecondary educational institution [of higher | |
| 36 | + | education] shall make the institution's [campus] sexual assault | |
| 37 | + | policy available to students, faculty, and staff members by: | |
| 38 | + | (1) including the policy in the institution's student | |
| 39 | + | handbook and personnel handbook; and | |
| 40 | 40 | (2) creating and maintaining a web page on the | |
| 41 | 41 | institution's Internet website dedicated solely to the policy. | |
| 42 | - | (d) Each postsecondary educational institution [of | |
| 43 | - | higher education] shall require each entering freshman or | |
| 44 | - | undergraduate transfer student to attend an orientation on the | |
| 45 | - | institution's [campus] sexual assault policy before or during | |
| 46 | - | the first semester or term in which the student is enrolled at the | |
| 47 | - | institution. The institution shall establish the format and | |
| 48 | - | content of the orientation. | |
| 49 | - | Explanation: This addition is necessary to expand to | |
| 50 | - | private or independent institutions of higher education the | |
| 51 | - | requirements regarding a sexual assault policy and to require the | |
| 52 | - | policy to encompass all incidents of sexual assault, regardless | |
| 53 | - | of whether those incidents occur on or off campus. | |
| 54 | - | _______________________________ | |
| 55 | - | President of the Senate | |
| 56 | - | I hereby certify that the | |
| 57 | - | above Resolution was adopted by | |
| 58 | - | the Senate on May 28, 2017, by the | |
| 59 | - | following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | |
| 60 | - | _______________________________ | |
| 61 | - | Secretary of the Senate | |
| 42 | + | (d) Each postsecondary educational institution [of higher | |
| 43 | + | education] shall require each entering freshman or undergraduate | |
| 44 | + | transfer student to attend an orientation on the institution's | |
| 45 | + | [campus] sexual assault policy before or during the first semester | |
| 46 | + | or term in which the student is enrolled at the institution. The | |
| 47 | + | institution shall establish the format and content of the | |
| 48 | + | orientation. | |
| 49 | + | Explanation: This addition is necessary to expand to private | |
| 50 | + | or independent institutions of higher education the requirements | |
| 51 | + | regarding a sexual assault policy and to require the policy to | |
| 52 | + | encompass all incidents of sexual assault, regardless of whether | |
| 53 | + | those incidents occur on or off campus. |