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Brenda Tracy, Ron Wyden, Jeff Merkley say resist changes to federal rules on campus sexual assault
The Oregonian ^ | October 9, 2017 | Andrew Theen

Posted on 10/09/2017 4:25:40 PM PDT by jazusamo

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Brenda Tracy (left), talks with Sen. Jeff Merkley, Ron Wyden and PSU President...


Oregon’s colleges and universities must resist any Trump administration plans to walk back federal rules directing how schools respond to sexual assaults on campus.

That was the takeaway from a Monday morning roundtable discussion at Portland State University. Oregon Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and sexual assault survivor Brenda Tracy held an informal discussion with PSU Title IX leaders and sexual assault prevention staffers.

The meeting came less than a month after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos rescinded Obama-era guidelines on how schools should handle sexual assault on campus in favor of a process which DeVos said would “treat all students fairly.”

Nothing has changed immediately. The administration left the door open for schools to continue handling sexual assaults as they had previously, but the expectation is a final rules change could occur sometime in the next year.

PSU and other schools fear new guidelines would create more barriers to students who might consider reporting a sexual assault -- by making it easier for alleged attackers alone to appeal campus decisions on expulsion or other punitive measures, by opening the door to face-to-face “mediation sessions between the accuser and accused, or by raising the standard of evidence needed for accusers to move forward with a complaint in the first place.

“Schools must continue to confront these horrific crimes and behaviors head-on,” DeVos said in a statement last month. “There will be no more sweeping them under the rug. But the process also must be fair and impartial, giving every­one more confidence in its outcomes.”


(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: colleges; devos; education; merkley; oregon; rape; sexualassault; title9; trumpeducation; wyden
Not surprised that leftists Wyden and Merkley in Oregon are against the accused being allowed to confront the accuser.
1 posted on 10/09/2017 4:25:41 PM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

There shouldn’t even BE Federal rules on campus assault.


2 posted on 10/09/2017 4:29:24 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

I agree.

Sexual assault is a crime and should be handled in the justice system.


3 posted on 10/09/2017 4:31:49 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo
Translation...in Oregon students should make at least one claim of rape every day during the school year.
4 posted on 10/09/2017 4:31:58 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: jazusamo

Good thing Harvey Weinstein isn’t young enough to attend College in Oregon.

#stoppottedplantsexualabuse...


5 posted on 10/09/2017 4:33:45 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (The way Liberals carry on about Deportation, you would think "Mexico" was Spanish for "Auschwitz".)
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To: Salvation

Ping!


6 posted on 10/09/2017 4:33:47 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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Lets git ‘er done, folks!

Please bump the Freepathon or click above to donate or become a monthly donor!

7 posted on 10/09/2017 4:50:33 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo; goodnesswins; PROCON; Twotone; VeryFRank; Clinging Bitterly; Rio; aimhigh; Hieronymus; ...

If you would like more information about what's happening in Oregon, please FReepmail me.

Please send me your name by FReepmail if you want to be on this list.

8 posted on 10/09/2017 4:59:49 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: BenLurkin
There shouldn’t even BE Federal rules on campus assault

I agree; and if they don't want to comply, cut off all Federal funding!

9 posted on 10/09/2017 5:45:44 PM PDT by Ace's Dad (BTW, "Ace" is now Captain Ace. But only when I'm bragging about my airline pilot son!)
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To: Kickass Conservative

He’s have free rein ... they’d go down like dominoes.


10 posted on 10/09/2017 6:52:31 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: jazusamo

“Oregon’s colleges and universities must resist any Trump administration plans to walk back federal rules”

Fine then. No more Federal money.

L


11 posted on 10/09/2017 6:53:39 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Lurker

Agreed, that would get their attention in a hurry.


12 posted on 10/09/2017 7:07:19 PM PDT by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

The Feds aren’t forcing this institution to take money from them. But once they do they agree to follow the rules. That’s been litigated and decided for decades.

L


13 posted on 10/09/2017 7:09:57 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: jazusamo

Can I exchange my 66’ BA from Oregon for an oil rag to check my truck?


14 posted on 10/10/2017 4:09:25 AM PDT by Portcall24
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