Bill Text: IL HR0550 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to keep the Obama-era guidelines on sexual assault in place.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0550 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0550-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, In 2011, the Office for Civil Rights under | ||||||
3 | President Obama issued guidelines that instructed universities | ||||||
4 | that they were obligated to combat sexual assault and | ||||||
5 | harassment under Title IX; and
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6 | WHEREAS, The guidelines also established a requirement | ||||||
7 | that college disciplinary proceedings rely on a preponderance | ||||||
8 | of evidence when adjudicating cases of sexual assault; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Recently, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos held | ||||||
10 | meetings with a variety of advocacy groups on the topic of | ||||||
11 | sexual assault; she also met with sexual assault victims who | ||||||
12 | urged her to keep the guidance in place; 20 state attorneys | ||||||
13 | general have sent her a letter also urging her to not roll back | ||||||
14 | the Obama-era guidelines; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Secretary DeVos has indicated that she felt | ||||||
16 | changes are necessary but gave no details regarding any | ||||||
17 | specific plans; therefore, be it
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18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
19 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
20 | urge Education Secretary Betsy DeVos to listen to law | ||||||
21 | enforcement and trust sexual assault survivors by keeping these |
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1 | guidelines in place and putting safety first; and be it further
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2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
3 | delivered to Secretary DeVos.
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