SECTIONS 67390-67393 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 67390-67393

67390. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) College students are more vulnerable to rape than any other
age group.
(b) The majority of reported victims and offenders of rape are of
college age.
(c) At most colleges and universities today, few students,
faculty, or staff are alerted to crucial information about sexual
assaults, especially acquaintance rape. Many people have
misconceptions about these crimes that enhance their vulnerability to
victimization.
(d) Colleges should implement a variety of effective educational
programs to inform all students and other college personnel about
sexual assaults on campus. These programs should be implemented to
disseminate factual information about sexual assault, promote open
discussion, encourage reporting, and provide information about
prevention to faculty, staff, and both male and female students.
(e) Colleges need to emphasize to students the seriousness of the
offenses of rape and sexual assault.
(f) Students need critical factual information about the
prevalence of stranger and acquaintance rape, how and where it
happens, its impact, and the relationship between alcohol and drug
use and sexual assaults.
(g) It is not sufficient to develop policies, brochures, and other
informational materials; once these materials are developed they
must be distributed in a way that emphasizes their importance and
stimulates the interest of students.
(h) Fraternities, sororities, and other student organizations
operating on campus should undergo rape-awareness training each year
before they are permitted to hold any events.
(i) Residence life student staff and all students living in campus
recognized housing should receive acquaintance rape training every
semester.
(j) Comprehensive information about acquaintance rape and other
kinds of sexual assaults should be provided at all new student
orientation programs and at any campus program that students are
required to attend.
(k) Colleges should provide special sexual assault seminars for
all athletic coaches and administrators and members of athletic
teams. These seminars should take place during a student athlete
orientation program or prior to the first team meeting. Seminars
should use the campus media, newspapers, radio, and television to
heighten awareness of campus violence and its prevention.
(l) To provide appropriate information and counseling to sexual
assault victims, all college student services professional staff
members or student affairs professional staff members and campus
police should participate in annual sexual assault education
seminars.

67391. The governing board of each community college district, the
Trustees of the California State University, the Board of Directors
of the Hastings College of the Law, and the Regents of the University
of California shall, within existing resources, adopt and implement
a rape and sexual assault education program for, and ensure maximum
feasible participation of, students and student services professional
staff members or student affairs professional staff members at each
of their respective campuses or other facilities.

67393. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, this
chapter shall not apply to the California Community Colleges unless
and until the Legislature makes funds available to the California
Community Colleges for the purposes of this chapter.