Legislation
SECTION 6449
Reporting aggregate data to the department
Education (EDN) CHAPTER 16, TITLE 7, ARTICLE 129-B
§ 6449. Reporting aggregate data to the department. 1. Institutions
shall annually report to the department the following information about
reports of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and sexual
assault:
a. The number of such incidents that were reported to the Title IX
Coordinator.
b. Of those incidents in paragraph a of this subdivision, the number
of reporting individuals who sought the institution's judicial or
conduct process.
c. Of those reporting individuals in paragraph b of this subdivision,
the number of cases processed through the institution's judicial or
conduct process.
d. Of those cases in paragraph c of this subdivision, the number of
respondents who were found responsible through the institution's
judicial or conduct process.
e. Of those cases in paragraph c of this subdivision, the number of
respondents who were found not responsible through the institution's
judicial or conduct process.
f. A description of the final sanctions imposed by the institution for
each incident for which a respondent was found responsible, as provided
in paragraph d of this subdivision, through the institution's judicial
or conduct process.
g. The number of cases in the institution's judicial or conduct
process that were closed prior to a final determination after the
respondent withdrew from the institution and declined to complete the
disciplinary process.
h. The number of cases in the institution's judicial or conduct
process that were closed because the complaint was withdrawn by the
reporting individual prior to a final determination.
2. The department shall create a reporting mechanism for institutions
to efficiently and uniformly provide the information outlined in
subdivision one of this section.
3. The department shall not release the information, as provided for
in this section, if it would compromise the confidentiality of reporting
individuals or any other party in the best judgment of the department.
4. Within one year of the effective date of this article, the
department shall issue regulations in consultation with representatives
from the state university of New York, city university of New York, and
private and independent colleges and universities, and within two years
of the effective date of this article the department shall issue a
report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
speaker of the assembly and the chairs of the higher education
committees in each house regarding the data collected pursuant to this
section.
shall annually report to the department the following information about
reports of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and sexual
assault:
a. The number of such incidents that were reported to the Title IX
Coordinator.
b. Of those incidents in paragraph a of this subdivision, the number
of reporting individuals who sought the institution's judicial or
conduct process.
c. Of those reporting individuals in paragraph b of this subdivision,
the number of cases processed through the institution's judicial or
conduct process.
d. Of those cases in paragraph c of this subdivision, the number of
respondents who were found responsible through the institution's
judicial or conduct process.
e. Of those cases in paragraph c of this subdivision, the number of
respondents who were found not responsible through the institution's
judicial or conduct process.
f. A description of the final sanctions imposed by the institution for
each incident for which a respondent was found responsible, as provided
in paragraph d of this subdivision, through the institution's judicial
or conduct process.
g. The number of cases in the institution's judicial or conduct
process that were closed prior to a final determination after the
respondent withdrew from the institution and declined to complete the
disciplinary process.
h. The number of cases in the institution's judicial or conduct
process that were closed because the complaint was withdrawn by the
reporting individual prior to a final determination.
2. The department shall create a reporting mechanism for institutions
to efficiently and uniformly provide the information outlined in
subdivision one of this section.
3. The department shall not release the information, as provided for
in this section, if it would compromise the confidentiality of reporting
individuals or any other party in the best judgment of the department.
4. Within one year of the effective date of this article, the
department shall issue regulations in consultation with representatives
from the state university of New York, city university of New York, and
private and independent colleges and universities, and within two years
of the effective date of this article the department shall issue a
report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the
speaker of the assembly and the chairs of the higher education
committees in each house regarding the data collected pursuant to this
section.