REACH ACT

[clemsongirl]

The REACH Act, which is being sponsored by a Pennsylvania House Rep whose district I presume covers State College, would require incidents of hazing to be disclosed in the annual security reports all universities provide. The text (which is easy to understand) is in this link.

The House Rep in question is resigning after it came to light that he sexually harassed a female staffer and then settled with her using taxpayer money, so I have a dim view of him already, but I don't have any issue with the content of the bill. I think it's more good PR than anything else.

[33girl]

His district is actually further east than State College, it’s near Philly. This was obviously a diversion to keep the harassment charges out of the spotlight. Don’t look for it to get any traction.

[navane]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

The REACH Act, which is being sponsored by a Pennsylvania House Rep whose district I presume covers State College, would require incidents of hazing to be disclosed in the annual security reports all universities provide.

If this were to pass, look for universities to get rid of GLOs right and left. No university wants to have to advertise negative data for their misbehaving GLOs.

[clemsongirl]

Originally Posted by navane

If this were to pass, look for universities to get rid of GLOs right and left. No university wants to have to advertise negative data for their misbehaving GLOs.

I doubt this. South Carolina already has the Tucker Hipps Act-passed after Tucker Hipps' death while a SigEp pledge at Clemson-which requires all public universities in South Carolina to disclose all conduct violations for all student organizations. This has been in place for a couple years now and no backlash has come of it as far as I know.

In all honesty, the annual campus safety reports don't have a wide readership anyways, and the data they report can be skewed in so many ways that it's not especially valuable.

[navane]

Originally Posted by clemsongirl

I doubt this. South Carolina already has the Tucker Hipps Act-passed after Tucker Hipps' death while a SigEp pledge at Clemson-which requires all public universities in South Carolina to disclose all conduct violations for all student organizations. This has been in place for a couple years now and no backlash has come of it as far as I know.

In all honesty, the annual campus safety reports don't have a wide readership anyways, and the data they report can be skewed in so many ways that it's not especially valuable.

Fair enough. I could just see some campus locations with more than their fair share of problem GLOs being exasperated. Though disclosing conduct violations for all student organizations, and not just GLOs, is fair.