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Sexual misconduct policies and security information on an institution's website: accessible format
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6, § 168E(b) and (e)
In force.
An accessibility requirements rule binding public and private bodies.
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
What it requires
- If you are a public or independent institution of higher education in Massachusetts authorized to grant degrees, publish your sexual misconduct policies on your website in an accessible format, and give them in writing to an applicant, student or employee on request (chapter 6, section 168E(b)).
- Publish on your website, in an accessible format, your federal Annual Security Report, a 24-hour hotline number, your Title IX coordinator's name and contact information, a confidential resource provider's name and contact information, your sexual misconduct policies, reporting options and process of investigation and adjudication, and the other items chapter 6, section 168E(e) lists.
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What this law does
Section 168E of chapter 6 of the General Laws requires each public or independent institution of higher education located in the Commonwealth and authorized to grant degrees to make its sexual misconduct policies publicly available on its website in an accessible format. Section 168E(e) requires an institution to make its Annual Security Report and the other items the subsection lists publicly available on its website, in an accessible format.
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