Universities Can Exercise Jurisdiction in Cases of Off-Campus Sexual Misconduct, But Only if the Code or Handbook Is Properly Drafted
Author: Staff Editors.
Source: Volume 18, Number 03, April/May 2017 , pp.46-47(2)
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Abstract:
Apparently while off-campus and beyond the reach of the University, the harasser posted sexually demeaning remarks on social media about the victim and made the campus a hostile environment. When the University’sOffice of Institutional Opportunity and Access (IOA) no-contact order was ignored, the school moved to expel the student—and was ordered by a court to lift the expulsion order because the school’s code of conduct restricted the IOA’s authority to on-campus conduct. In its opinion, however, the court ruled that revising the code would restore the university’s authority to act on off-campus incidents.Keywords: Title IX Compliance; On- and Off-Campus Conduct
Affiliations:
1: Sex Offender Law Report.