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A bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced legislation in Congress Monday aimed at holding universities that receive federal funding accountable for sexual abuse cases involving employees.
U.S. Reps. Elissa Slotkin, Fred Upton and Lisa McClain and Sens. Gary Peters and Debbie Stabenow reintroduced the Accountability of Leaders in Education to Report Title IX Investigations (ALERT) Act. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Illinois, also signed onto the legislation.
The act would require university leaders to submit an annual certification to the U.S. Secretary of Education acknowledging that the school s president, or similar official, and at least one member of the school s governing board have reviewed all sexual abuse investigations that were reported to the Title IX coordinator that year involving an employee.
We are in the midst of a robust national conversation about gender. We’re talking about the shifting roles and expectations of men and women, and whether the U.S. is “ready” for a female president. We’re discussing the forces that hold women back in our society – whether it’s sexual harassment in the workplace, girls not having coding experience, or girls being told to be perfect while boys are told to be brave. We’re even talking about how gender itself is defined. At their core, these conversations are all about power: who has it and who doesn’t. But one thing that has been missing from the debate is money.