1. U.S. Department Of Education Says Campus Crime Victims Can Redisclose Disciplinary Results

2. Hazing Prohibition Act of 2003 Introduced In Congress

3. Vermont Supreme Court Considering Public Access To Campus Court Proceedings And Findings

4. Campus Crime In The News

Washington, DC-According to new guidance from the federal government, victims of violent crime on college campuses won't run afoul of a student privacy law if they publicly share the final results of disciplinary action taken against their assailants when the school has found the accused violated institutional rules. Responding to concerns raised by Security On Campus, Inc. the U.S. Department of Education last week clarified regulations that some schools have used to justify policies keeping victims from talking about their cases, often subjecting the victim to disciplinary action themselves if they talk. More...

Washington, DC-Legislation that would strip federal financial aid from college students disciplined by their school for hazing, and require the reporting of hazing data in annual Jeanne Clery Act crime statistics has been introduced in Congress. The "Hazing Prohibition Act of 2003" (H.R. 1207) was introduced on March 11th by California Congresswoman Diane Watson (D-Los Angeles) and referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Related Information-

• "Hazing Prohibition Act of 2003" Text
• New Federal Antihazing Proposal Needs Input and Scrutiny and Rewriting: Point-of-view by Hank Nuwer (StopHazing.org)

The Vermont Supreme Court is considering an appeal by The Caledonian-Record, a local newspaper, of a lower court's denial of public access to Lyndon State College's student disciplinary proceedings involving campus crime. If the paper's request, argued before the Court last week, is granted the public will be able to attend campus court proceedings, and obtain transcripts of the proceedings as well as their outcomes.

Related Information-

• Vt. Supreme Court to decide if state colleges can keep hearings closed (SPLC; 03/18/03)
• Caledonian Record v. Vermont State Colleges (Vermont Superior Court ruling; July 31, 2002)