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Originally Posted by Kevin
But the fact that XYZ was having a party, that alcohol was made available and said member of XYZ did commit a sexual assault is probably not going to be enough for an organization to be found responsible.
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I was thinking more along the lines of "underage victim was drinking alcohol furnished by XYZ."
In any case, I found it very interesting that Title IX doesn't actually specify who is a mandatory reporter, so each university must make that decision on its own. The language of the act, however, says (paraphrasing) that the university must address sexual assaults reported to anyone the student could reasonably consider to be acting on behalf of the university.
It seems most schools are erring on the side of all faculty and virtually all staff that interact with students, including student activities advisers, but I haven't heard of any requiring training of non-staff who serve as volunteer advisers. And of course, there are pros and cons to such a mandate, as well. I would think, at the very least, that house mothers would be treated as mandatory reporters, as they are akin to RA's at most schools.