Amendment ID: S2191-8-R1

Redraft Amendment 8

Subjects for Annual Awareness Programming

Mr. Keenan moves to amend the bill in section 2, in proposed section 45, by striking out subsection (l) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

“(l) An institution of higher education shall provide: (i) mandatory annual dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking primary prevention and awareness programming for newly-enrolled students and newly-hired employees of the institution that shall include: (1) an explanation of consent as it applies to sexual activity and sexual relationships; (2) the role drugs and alcohol play in an individual’s ability to consent; (3) information on options relating to the reporting of an incident of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, the effects of each option and the methods to report an incident of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking, including confidential and anonymous disclosure; (4) information on the institution's procedures for resolving dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking complaints and the range of sanctions or penalties the institution may impose on students and employees found responsible for a violation; (5) the name, contact information and role of the confidential resource advisor; and (6) strategies for bystander intervention and risk reduction; and (ii) opportunities for ongoing dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking prevention and awareness campaigns and programming.”.