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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Beginning on June 30, 2029, and every 3rd calendar year thereafter, institutions shall prepare and submit to the Higher Education Licensure Commission and publish on the institution's website a report with data about confidential resource advisor and Title IX office outcomes for the previous 3 calendar years. The report shall not include personal identifying information of students or staff who accessed the institution's sexual misconduct resources or any information that by itself or in combination with other publicly available information could identify a particular person. Demographic data may be aggregated, and any counts or data points with fewer than 10 reports shall be suppressed. The report shall include:
(1) For the institution's Title IX office:
(A) Sexual misconduct reports to the institution's Title IX office by academic term for each academic year, broken down by dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, and sexual harassment;
(B) Sexual misconduct complaints to the institution's Title IX office by academic term for each academic year, broken down by dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, and sexual harassment;
(C) The location of a reported incident of sexual misconduct;
(D) The complainant's status as a student or employee of the institution;
(E) The source of a report, such as a designated reporter or a complainant;
(F) The number of complainants who requested supportive measures;
(G) The number of complainants who received supportive measures;
(H) The number of complainants that did not respond to outreach undertaken by the Title IX office;
(I) The number of complainants that met with a Title IX Coordinator but did not request supportive measures;
(J) The number of complainants that pursued formal resolution and the number that pursued alternative resolution;
(K) The number of complaints dismissed;
(L) The number of complaints that resulted in a finding in favor of the complainant;
(M) The number of non-Title IX related reports referred by the Title IX office to the institution office that oversees student conduct standards;
(N) The number of reports to which the institution's Title IX office could not respond because of insufficient information; and
(O) The number of anonymous reports; and
(2) For confidential resource advisors:
(A) The names and titles of confidential resource advisors employed by the institution during the reporting period, including additional roles or employment simultaneously held at the institution, or, if the positions are contracted or shared with another institution, the name of the organization or partner institution providing confidential resource advisor services for the institution;
(B) The number of times confidential communications were disclosed pursuant to § 38-3502(i), and the reason for disclosure;
(C) A list of the trainings that the institution's confidential resource advisors underwent each year, as required by § 38-3503(a) and § 38-3506;
(D) A description of communications with the federally designated state sexual assault coalition for the District and the federally recognized statewide coalition of domestic violence programs for the District required by § 38-3502(f);
(E) The number of individuals that accessed the institution's confidential resource advisors; and
(F) The number of individuals that were referred to the institution's Title IX office or the institution's disability services office to receive supportive measures or to file a complaint.
(b) Institutions may provide additional narrative information in the reports, which may include trend analysis, explanations that provide context to raw data, and descriptions of the institution's sexual misconduct response processes.
(c) Beginning in the calendar year after the online survey for campus safety is first administered pursuant to section 1507 of the Keeping Children Safe From Family Violence Act, approved March 15, 2022 (136 Stat. 959; 20 U.S.C. § 11611-6), institutions in the District shall submit the results of the online survey for campus safety to the Higher Education Licensure Commission and publish the results on the institution's website.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - District of Columbia Code Division VI. Education, Libraries, and Public Institutions. § 38-3508. Data reporting requirements. - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/dc/division-vi-education-libraries-and-public-institutions/dc-code-sect-38-3508/
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