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Senate advances bill to standardize postsecondary misconduct supports and amnesty protections
Summary
S120 would require postsecondary schools in Vermont to provide confidential misconduct support, adopt amnesty policies for reporting students (with safety exceptions), implement annual trauma‑informed prevention training, and redesignate an intercollegiate harm prevention council statute to apply to all postsecondary institutions; Appropriations removed a $22,000 appropriation and the Senate ordered third reading.
The Senate advanced S120 on second reading after committee reports and amendments. The bill aims to create statewide standards for postsecondary institutions to provide confidential misconduct support, expand amnesty protections for students who report sexual misconduct, require annual trauma‑informed prevention programming, and adjust statutory placement of the intercollegiate harm prevention council so it applies to all postsecondary…
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