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House enacts student-rights measure for higher-education disciplinary proceedings

Utah House of Representatives · February 21, 2024
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Summary

The House passed first substitute HB414 to codify rights for students in higher-education disciplinary proceedings—access to materials, representation, presumption of innocence—and added confidentiality protections for victims; lawmakers also clarified the bill’s immunity language.

Lawmakers on Feb. 20 passed first substitute House Bill 414, a measure codifying certain procedural protections for students facing disciplinary proceedings in higher education.

Representative Tuscher, the sponsor, said the bill formalizes practices already common at Utah institutions and adds protections such as the right to legal representation or a non-attorney advocate,…

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