Last week the public comment period closed after more than 100,000 statements poured in to the US Department of Education, the majority of them critical of the proposed new rules.īut the monitoring agreement at St. Nationwide, K-12 schools and colleges are awaiting revised federal guidelines for Title IX policies relating to sexual harassment and assault. 6 summer hearings wrap up: What did we learn?
It is an excellent opportunity to truly impact the culture at St. “The attorney general was willing to take the harder road. “It’s absolutely groundbreaking on a national level,” says Lyn Schollett, executive director of the New Hampshire Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence, which has been conducting trainings with St. The hope is that the comprehensive agreement will ensure students’ safety and perhaps even become a model. The new overseer, Jeffrey Maher, worked many sexual assault cases on the Nashua, N.H., police force and as an attorney, most recently overseeing campus safety and Title IX compliance at Keene State College. So as students returned this week, a new watcher has arrived on campus – an “independent compliance overseer” who will monitor implementation of an unprecedented agreement the New Hampshire attorney general made with the school. Paul’s boarding school has attracted attention for sexual assaults and misconduct – including a criminal conviction of a senior who assaulted a freshman.