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Code · Vermont · Title 16 — Education · Chapter 3

§ 186.

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§ 186. Annual awareness programming and training
(a)A postsecondary school shall offer annual trauma-informed, inclusive, and culturally relevant sexual misconduct primary prevention and awareness programming to all students, staff, and faculty of the school. Primary prevention and awareness programming shall address, in a manner appropriate for the audience:
(1)an explanation of consent as it applies to sexual activity and sexual relationships;
(2)the role drugs and alcohol play in an individual’s ability to consent;
(3)information about on and off-campus options for reporting of an incident of sexual misconduct, including confidential and anonymous disclosure mechanisms, and the effects of each option;
(4)information on the school’s procedures for resolving sexual misconduct complaints and the range of sanctions the school may impose on those found responsible for a violation;
(5)the name and contact information of school officials responsible for coordination of supportive measures and an overview of the types of supportive measures available;
(6)the name, contact information, and services of confidential resources, on and off campus;
(7)strategies for bystander intervention and risk reduction;
(8)how to directly access health services, mental health services, and confidential resources both on and off-campus;
(9)opportunities for ongoing sexual misconduct prevention and awareness training and programming; and
(10)best practices for responding to disclosures of sexual misconduct.
(b)Information on the training topics contained in subsection
(a)of this section, including on and off-campus supportive measures for reporting parties, shall be available in a centrally located place on the schools’ website.
(c)Schools shall endeavor to collaborate with community partners, such as local and statewide law enforcement, local and statewide prosecution offices, health care service providers, confidential service providers, and other relevant stakeholders, regarding the inclusion of appropriate information about the relevant stakeholders’ respective roles and offerings in primary prevention and awareness programming. (Added 2023, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. July 1, 2024.)
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