Appendix 8: Additional information about relevant federal laws
Concerns about the university’s application of Title IX or any civil rights law can be made externally to:
Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20202-1100
Customer Service Hotline #: (800) 421-3481
Facsimile: (202) 453-6012
TDD#: (877) 521-2172
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://www.ed.gov/ocr
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Contact: http://www.eeoc.gov/contact/
Clery Act:
Pursuant to the Clery Act, the University of South Carolina Aiken must disclose statistics about Clery Act crimes in its daily crime log and Annual Security Report and provides those statistics to the United States Department of Education. If a report of Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, or Stalking discloses a serious or continuing threat to the campus community, the university will issue a timely notification to the community to protect the health and safety of the community as required by the Clery Act. In all of these instances, the information is reported in a manner that does not include personally identifying information about persons involved in an incident. In addition, Confidential Resources may submit anonymous statistical information for Clery Act purposes unless they believe it would be harmful to their client, patient or student. The university will not release the name of the Complainant, the Respondent, or witnesses to the general public except as otherwise permitted or required by law.
Campus Security Authorities (CSAs):
Some employees, because of their role on campus, also have reporting responsibilities under the Clery Act. Employees who are considered Campus Security Authorities (CSAs) have a duty to report Sexual Assault, Dating Violence, Domestic Violence, Stalking, and other Clery Act-defined crimes. This reporting helps to provide the community with a clear picture of the extent and nature of campus crime in order to ensure greater community safety and enable campus community members to make important decisions about their own safety.
Release of Information by the University:
Per federal regulations, the university will also maintain the confidentiality of any supportive measures provided to a Complainant, to the extent that maintaining such confidentiality would not impair the university’s ability to provide the supportive measures. The university may also share non-personally identifying information about reports received in aggregate form, including data about outcomes and sanctions. All University of South Carolina Aiken proceedings are conducted in compliance with the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), the Clery Act (as amended by VAWA), Title IX, state and local law, and university policy.