Opinion | Michael Dolce: How Trump officials' fixation on false rape accusations hurts the real victims. - NBCNewsTHINK
Meghan Downey protests as Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announces changes in the federal policy for investigating reports of sexual assault on college campuses in Arlington, Virginia, in September 2017.Feb. 27, 2020, 9:33 AM UTCMichael Dolce, lawyer representing victims of sexual abuse, sex trafficking and domestic violenceoff easy when she testifies Thursday about her department's new budget request.
DeVos is advancing profound alterations to the application of Title IX, the federal law that prohibits educational institutions that received federal funding from engaging in sex-based discrimination, which federal courts and agencies uniformly agree covers. The rule changes, which are expected to be announced any day, would affect how the Education Department would handle complaints and would direct institutions on meeting Title IX's mandate.
"There is no rash of false sexual misconduct accusations across campuses, while there is an epidemic of sexual violence.", would involve sweeping revisions that would make it harder for victims to report and receive relief after sexual harassment and violent incidents. The guidelines disregard compelling public policy and safety concerns and defy key statistical facts, which is why it's so important that DeVos' appearance before Congress includes a challenge of her plans.
The claimed justification for this vast shift is that more must be done to ensure the due process rights of those who might be falsely accused of sexual violence or harassment. But there is no rash of false sexual misconduct accusations across campuses, while there is an epidemic of sexual violence. That's what the Education Department should be tackling, but its new rules would do nothing to combat the problem and, in fact, would only be likely to exacerbate it.
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