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Senate Bill 968 |
Senate Author: Watson et al. |
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Effective: 6-12-17 |
House Sponsor: Alvarado et al. |
Senate Bill 968 amends the Education Code to extend to a private or independent institution of higher education statutory requirements relating to the adoption of a sexual assault policy and to require each public, private, or independent institution of higher education to develop and implement a public awareness campaign to inform the institution's students and employees of that policy. The bill sets out requirements for an institution's protocol for reporting incidents of sexual assault and for the provision of information to students regarding the protocol. The bill requires each institution to provide an option for a student or an employee to electronically report to the institution an allegation of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking committed against or witnessed by the student or employee and requires the commissioner of education to establish a temporary advisory committee to recommend to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board rules as necessary to administer the electronic reporting option.