US Congress Senate Bill 954 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-1)
Status: Introduced on April 27 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-04-27 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2017 Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2017 This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education (IHE) to include in its annual security report a statement of policy regarding harassment that includes: (1) a prohibition of harassment of students by other students, faculty, and staff; (2) a description of its programs to prevent harassment; (3) a description of the procedures that students should follow if harassment occurs; and (4) a description of the procedures it will follow once an incident of harassment has been reported. In addition, the report must include a description of each occasion in which a pattern of harassment occurs and the actions taken by the IHE. Harassment includes certain conduct undertaken through technological means that limits a student's ability to benefit from the IHE's programs, or creates a hostile or abusive educational environment at the school. The Department of Education (ED) may award grants to IHEs to initiate, expand, or improve programs to: prevent the harassment of students; provide counseling or redress services to students who have been harassed or accused of subjecting other students to harassment; and train students, faculty, or staff to prevent harassment or address harassment if it occurs. ED must publish a report of best practices for combating harassment at IHEs.

Tyler Clementi Higher Education Anti-Harassment Act of 2017

Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]	Sen. Cory Booker [D-NJ]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Tammy Duckworth [D-IL]	Sen. Al Franken [D-MN]	Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]
Sen. Kamala Harris [D-CA]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]	Sen. Mazie Hirono [D-HI]	Sen. Edward Markey [D-MA]
Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT]	Sen. Brian Schatz [D-HI]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Elizabeth Warren [D-MA]	Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR]	Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI]	Sen. Benjamin Cardin [D-MD]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-04-27	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

HB2151 (Same As) 2017-04-26 - Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/954/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/s954/BILLS-115s954is.pdf