RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Legislation to assure that sexual assaults on college campuses are reported to authorities is advancing in the House of Delegates.
A measure is headed Thursday to the full House Court of Justice Committee for a vote after revisions in a subcommittee a day earlier.
It would require college faculty and administrators who become aware of an act of sexual violence to report it to the school's coordinator of compliance with the federal Equal Opportunity in Education Act, commonly known as Title IX.
The information would have to be reported to local law enforcement if it was deemed necessary to protect the health or safety of the victim or campus.
The measure is one of many prompted by a series of alleged sex crimes at state colleges and universities in recent months.
