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Connecticut
Institutions of higher education: no disclosure of the identity of a party to a sexual assault, stalking or intimate partner violence investigation, and anonymous reporting
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10a-55m(b)(6)(E), (d)
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Prohibition, Disclosure
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are an institution of higher education, adopt a policy on sexual assault, stalking and intimate partner violence that states you will not disclose the identity of any party to an investigation or disciplinary proceeding, except as necessary to carry out the investigation or proceeding or as permitted under state or federal law (section 10a-55m(b)(6)(E)).
- You may offer a student or employee who is the victim of a sexual assault, stalking or intimate partner violence the option to report or disclose it to you anonymously, and you must notify the person of your obligations under state or federal law, if any, to investigate or address it and to assess whether the report triggers a timely warning or emergency notification, which may in limited circumstances result in learning the victim's identity (section 10a-55m(d)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Section 10a-55m sets what an institution's sexual assault, stalking and intimate partner violence policy must say, including that the institution does not disclose the identity of a party to an investigation or proceeding, and lets an institution offer anonymous reporting. It names no log, no record the institution keeps beyond the annual report, no audit and no reader of a record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Section 10a-55m of the General Statutes requires each institution of higher education to adopt a sexual assault, stalking and intimate partner violence policy that states the institution shall not disclose the identity of any party to an investigation or disciplinary proceeding, except as necessary to carry out the investigation or proceeding or as permitted under state or federal law.
Each institution of higher education may provide the option for a student or employee who is the victim of a sexual assault, stalking or intimate partner violence to report or disclose it to the institution anonymously.
Each institution must notify such a student or employee of its obligations under state or federal law to investigate or address the assault, stalking or violence and to assess whether the report triggers a timely warning or emergency notification, which may in limited circumstances result in the learning of the victim's identity.
For this section, an institution of higher education includes an institution defined in section 10a-55 and a for-profit institution of higher education licensed to operate in this state. Public Act 12-78, which enacted section 10a-55m, took effect . The original identity limit barred disclosing the identity of the victim or the accused except as necessary to carry out a disciplinary proceeding or as permitted under state or federal law. The anonymous reporting option was added effective .
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