New Hampshire’s comprehensive campus sexual assault legislation serves as template to other states
Every Voice Coalition co-founders John Gabrieli and Ivy Lee speak at the Every Voice summit at Harvard Law School on Feb. 23, 2019. Courtesy of John Gabrieli
Published: 2/21/2021 4:28:16 PM
A comprehensive New Hampshire law passed last year relative to sexual assault in institutions of higher education that provides additional protections and services to victims is now serving as an inspiration to activists in other states who are looking to enact similar legislation.
Andrew Echols, a junior at New Mexico State University, became involved in New Mexico’s Every Voice branch just a few weeks before the legislation passed in New Hampshire last June, and he said seeing that happen was a big motivator.
N.H. college students push for sexual assault law
Gov. Chris Sununu signs HB 705 - that increases protections for sexual assault victims on college campuses - into law, while Sen. Jeb Bradley and Rep. Katherine Prudhomme-O Brien watch on July 20, 2020. NH State House Courtesy photo
Gov. Chris Sununu (center) poses with Sen. Jeb Bradley, Rep. Katherine Prudhomme-O Brien, former Concord student Ana Goble and Pamela Keilig, from the NH Coalition for Domestic and Sexual Violence after signing HB 705, legislation that increases protections for sexual assault victims on college campuses, into law on July 20, 2020. NH State House Courtesy photo
Dartmouth College first-year David Millman testifies before the senate judiciary committee in Concord, New Hampshire on Feb. 20, 2020. David Millman Courtesy photo
Gov. Chris Sununu plans to sign an executive order that will require schools to open for in-person learning at least two days a week by March 8, he announced Thursday. An unprecedented number of children have been waiting for psychiatric care in.
Gov. Chris Sununu signed an executive order Friday that will require schools to open for in-person learning at least two days a week by March 8.An unprecedented number of children have been waiting for psychiatric care in February, which Sununu partly.
Starting one week after students return from February vacation, schools will be required to open their doors for in-person learning at least two days week. However, parents who do not want to send their children back for in-person classes will not be.