S. Hrg. 116–432 REAUTHORIZING HEA: ADDRESSING CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ENSURING STUDENT SAFETY AND RIGHTS HEARING OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION APRIL 2, 2019 Printed for the use of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions ( VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:45 May 07, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6011 Sfmt 6011 S:\DOCS\41394.TXT MICAH HELPN-012 with DISTILLER REAUTHORIZING HEA: ADDRESSING CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ENSURING STUDENT SAFETY AND RIGHTS VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:45 May 07, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6019 Sfmt 6019 S:\DOCS\41394.TXT MICAH HELPN-012 with DISTILLER with HELPN-012 S. HRG. 116–432 REAUTHORIZING HEA: ADDRESSING CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ENSURING STUDENT SAFETY AND RIGHTS HEARING OF THE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SIXTEENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON EXAMINING REAUTHORIZING HEA, FOCUSING ON ADDRESSING CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ENSURING STUDENT SAFETY AND RIGHTS APRIL 2, 2019 Printed for the use of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.govinfo.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 41–394 PDF WASHINGTON : 2021 VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:45 May 07, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 S:\DOCS\41394.TXT MICAH HELPN-012 with DISTILLER COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS LAMAR ALEXANDER, Tennessee, Chairman MICHAEL B. ENZI, Wyoming PATTY MURRAY, Washington RICHARD BURR, North Carolina BERNARD SANDERS (I), Vermont JOHNNY ISAKSON, Georgia ROBERT P. CASEY, JR., Pennsylvania RAND PAUL, Kentucky TAMMY BALDWIN, Wisconsin SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine CHRISTOPHER S. MURPHY, Connecticut BILL CASSIDY, M.D., Louisiana ELIZABETH WARREN, Massachusetts PAT ROBERTS, Kansas TIM KAINE, Virginia LISA MURKOWSKI, Alaska MARGARET WOOD HASSAN, New TIM SCOTT, South Carolina Hampshire MITT ROMNEY, Utah TINA SMITH, Minnesota MIKE BRAUN, Indiana DOUG JONES, Alabama JACKY ROSEN, Nevada DAVID P. CLEARY, Republican Staff Director LINDSEY WARD SEIDMAN, Republican Deputy Staff Director EVAN SCHATZ, Minority Staff Director JOHN RIGHTER, Minority Deputy Staff Director (II) VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:45 May 07, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\DOCS\41394.TXT MICAH HELPN-012 with DISTILLER CONTENTS STATEMENTS TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2019 Page COMMITTEE MEMBERS Alexander, Hon. Lamar, Chairman, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Opening statement ...................................................................... 1 Murray, Hon. Patty, Ranking Member, a U.S. Senator from the State of Washington, Opening statement ......................................................................... 5 WITNESSES Hamill, Patricia, Partner, Conrad O’Brien, Philadelphia, PA ............................. 8 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 10 Goss Graves, Fatima, President and CEO, National Women’s Law Center, Washington, DC ................................................................................................... 23 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 25 Summary statement ......................................................................................... 48 Suk Gersen, Jeannie, John H. Watson, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA ....................................................................................... 49 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 50 Summary statement ......................................................................................... 55 Meehan, Anne, Director, Government and Public Affairs, American Council on Education, Washington, DC ........................................................................... 55 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 57 Summary statement ......................................................................................... 64 Howard, Jeff, Associate Vice President for Student Life and Enrollment, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN ........................................ 65 Prepared statement .......................................................................................... 67 Summary statement ......................................................................................... 69 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL Statements, articles, publications, letters, etc. Murray, Hon. Patty: Letter from 93 Law Professors Regarding Proposed Rulemaking Non- discrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance, Office of Civil Rights, Depart- ment of Education ......................................................................................... 93 American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Prepared statement submitted for the Record ................................................................................................ 108 Washington School of Law, University of Washington, Prepared state- ment ............................................................................................................... 141 Braun, Hon. Mike: Statement for the Record ................................................................................. 143 Kaine, Hon. Tim: Letter to Hon. Betsy DeVos, Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assist- ance, National Women’s Law Center, January 29, 2019 ........................... 144 Letter from the Commonwealth of Virginia to Hon. Betsy DeVos, January 28, 2019 .......................................................................................................... 144 (III) VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:45 May 07, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\DOCS\41394.TXT MICAH HELPN-012 with DISTILLER IV Page Casey, Hon. Robert: Letter from the National Council on Disability, and accompanying report, ‘‘Not on The Radar’’ ...................................................................................... 152 Letter from S. Daniel Carter and Taylor Parker, SAFE Campuses, LLC ... 226 Rosen, Hon. Jacky: Title IX coordinator from the University of Nevada Reno ............................ 229 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Response by Patricia Hamill to questions of: Senator Alexander ............................................................................................ 299 Senator Warren ................................................................................................ 311 Senator Rosen ................................................................................................... 313 Senator Sanders ............................................................................................... 315 Response by Fatima Goss Graves to questions of: Senator Warren ................................................................................................ 319 Senator Rosen ................................................................................................... 327 Senator Sanders ............................................................................................... 328 Response by Jeannie Suk Gersen to questions of: Senator Alexander ............................................................................................ 333 Senator Warren ................................................................................................ 334 Senator Rosen ................................................................................................... 337 Senator Sanders ............................................................................................... 338 Response by Jeff Howard to questions of: Senator Alexander ............................................................................................ 340 Senator Warren ................................................................................................ 342 Senator Rosen ................................................................................................... 343 Senator Sanders ............................................................................................... 344 VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:45 May 07, 2021 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 S:\DOCS\41394.TXT MICAH HELPN-012 with DISTILLER REAUTHORIZING HEA: ADDRESSING CAMPUS SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ENSURING STUDENT SAFETY AND RIGHTS Tuesday, April 2, 2019 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS, Washington, DC. The Committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room SD– 430, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Lamar Alexander, Chairman of the Committee, presiding. Present: Senators Alexander [presiding], Isakson, Cassidy, Scott, Romney, Murray, Baldwin, Kaine, Jones, Murphy, Hassan, Rosen, Casey, Warren, and Smith. OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR ALEXANDER The CHAIRMAN. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will please come to order. Senator Murray and I will each have an opening statement. We will then introduce the witnesses, one of whom is slightly delayed but who is within sight, so she will be here shortly. After the witnesses’ testimony, Senators will each have 5 minutes for a round of questions. I just mentioned to Senator Murray, I have done, with her encouragement, I have done a good