Community Input Sought on Revised SLU Policy
07/24/2020
The University community has the opportunity to provide feedback on a revised University policy. The policy and feedback form can be found on the Policy Program website.
About the Revised Policy
Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy (Formerly titled Sexual Misconduct Policy 7.0)
In November 2018, the US. Department of Education (DOE) released a Notice of Proposed Rule Making and began the public comment and revision process in order to formalize a new regulation governing Title IX. On May 6, 2020, the DOE released this Final Rule with an implementation date of August 14, 2020. The Sexual Misconduct Policy 7.0 has been revised to incorporate this new federal law and is now called the Title IX Sexual Harassment Policy 8.0.
Please note that the majority of changes made were done so in order to remain in compliance with federal law and were done in collaboration with the Title IX Policy Review Committee, a group comprised of students, faculty and staff.
This policy applies to all forms of sexual harassment, including sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, gender-based stalking, as well as retaliation by or against University community members of any gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation (collectively referred to as Prohibited Conduct).
This policy provides information related to:
- Saint Louis University Statement of Values;
- Privacy and Confidentiality;
- Effective Consent;
- Prohibited Conduct;
- Reporting Options, Resources and Accommodations;
- Grievance Procedures; and
- Programming and Training for Students, Faculty and Staff.
Feedback on this policy revision will be accepted until Wednesday, Aug. 26.
The 30-day comment period is a part of the SLU Policy Program, additional information can be found on the policy program website.
For questions or more information, contact Michael A. Reeves, Ph.D., chief policy and export control officer or call 314-977-5880.
Submitted by Michael Reeves, Ph.D.