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2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
March 22, 2018 - Introduced by Representatives C. Taylor, Subeck, Brostoff,
Berceau, Spreitzer, Neubauer, Zamarripa, Sinicki, Billings, Sargent and
Zepnick, cosponsored by Senators Schachtner, L. Taylor, Shilling and
Johnson. Referred to Committee on Colleges and Universities.
AB1053,1,3
1An Act to create 36.11 (22m) of the statutes;
relating to: reasonable
2accommodations for University of Wisconsin System students who are victims
3of sexual violence and harassment.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill requires each University of Wisconsin System school to ensure the
safety and continued access to education of student victims of sexual violence and
harassment by providing these student victims with reasonable accommodations,
including, to the extent they are reasonably available, housing and academic
accommodations and campus escorts. The bill defines “sexual violence and
harassment” to mean sexual harassment, sexual assault, stalking, or domestic
abuse, as these terms are defined or prohibited under other provisions of current law.
A UW System school must notify a student victim of the student's right to these
accommodations as soon as the student reports the sexual violence and harassment,
regardless of whether the student pursues a formal investigation through the UW
System school or law enforcement, and must grant a student victim these
accommodations upon the student's request. A UW System school may not impose
any additional fees or academic penalties on a student victim in response to making
these accommodations.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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1Section
1. 36.11 (22m) of the statutes is created to read:
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36.11
(22m) Reasonable accommodations for victims of sexual violence and
3harassment. (a) In this subsection, “sexual violence and harassment” means any of
4the following acts:
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1. Sexual harassment, as defined in s. 111.32 (13).
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2. Sexual assault, as prohibited under s. 940.225.
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3. Stalking, as prohibited under s. 940.32.
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4. Domestic abuse, as defined in s. 813.12 (1) (am).
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(b) The board shall direct each institution and college campus to ensure the
10safety and continued access to education of each student who has been a victim of
11sexual violence and harassment by providing student victims of sexual violence and
12harassment with reasonable accommodations. Accommodations must be offered in
13the following areas, to the extent that they are reasonably available:
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1. Housing or residential accommodations.
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2. Campus escorts.
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3. Academic accommodations.
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4. Transportation arrangements.
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5. Mental health and disability services.
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6. Student loan counseling, for a student who wishes to withdraw.
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7. Campus employment accommodations.
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18. Access or referral to emergency medical care either on campus or in the
2community.
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(c) 1. Each institution and college campus shall notify a student victim of his
4or her right to accommodations under par. (b) as soon as the student reports the
5sexual violence and harassment to the institution or college campus or to any law
6enforcement agency, regardless of whether the student victim pursues a formal
7investigation through the institution or college campus or a law enforcement agency.
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2. Each institution and college campus shall grant a student victim
9accommodations under par. (b) upon the student's request for such accommodations,
10regardless of whether the student victim pursues a formal investigation through the
11institution or college campus or a law enforcement agency.
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3. An institution or college campus may not impose any additional fees or
13academic penalties on a student victim in response to making accommodations
14under par. (b).
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(d) Each institution and college campus shall cooperate with the appropriate
16law enforcement authorities in fulfilling its responsibilities under this subsection.
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(e) Nothing in this subsection prevents an institution or college campus from
18imposing sanctions on a perpetrator as a result of disciplinary proceedings conducted
19by the institution or college campus.
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20Section 2
.
Initial applicability.
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(1) This act first applies to the academic year beginning after the effective date
22of this subsection.
