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|Federal Register Notices | Meeting Information | Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Outreach Activities |

This Web page contains information about our rulemaking efforts on VAWA. For more information about our negotiated rulemaking efforts in 2012-2014, including related Federal Register notices and transcripts from our public hearings, please see our general information page. For more information about negotiated rulemaking in general, please see our question and answer page.

## FEDERAL REGISTER NOTICES

On June 20, 2014, the Department published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in the **Federal Register**  to implement the changes made to the Clery Act by the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013.



## COMMITTEE MEETINGS INFORMATION

**Committee Members**

List of negotiators:  download filesMS Word (49K) |    PDF (216K)

**Meeting Schedule**

Session 1:  January 13-14, 2014
Session 2:  February 24-25, 2014
Session 3:  March 31-April 1, 2014

Sessions ran from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The meetings were held at the U.S. Department of Education at: 1990 K Street, N.W., Eighth Floor Conference Center, Washington, DC 20006.

The meetings were open to the public.



## Session 1 Materials

**Materials that the Department provided to the negotiating committee prior to Session 1:**

- Proposed agenda  download filesMS Word (27K) | PDF (188K)
- Proposed protocols  download filesMS Word (36K) | PDF (75K)
- Issue Paper #1 – Definitions and Key Terms  download filesMS Word (48K) | PDF (202K)
- Issue Paper #2 – Counting Reported Offenses in New VAWA Categories  download filesMS Word (46K) | PDF (252K)
- Issue Paper #3 – Disciplinary Procedures  download filesMS Word (44K) | PDF (89K)
- Issue Paper #4 – Applicable Jurisdiction  download filesMS Word (31K) | PDF (157K)
- Issue Paper #5 – Technical Changes  download filesMS Word (39K) | PDF (167K)
- Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting [PDF]
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) background information
- Statute  download filesMS Word (66K) | PDF (245K)

**Materials provided by the Department to the negotiating committee at Session 1:**

- The Department’s opening remarks provided by Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Postsecondary Education Brenda Dann–Messier, January 13, 2014  download filesMS Word (30K) | PDF (342K)
- Review of Title IX presentation  download filesMS PowerPoint (1.55MB) | PDF (458K)

**Materials provided by non-Federal negotiators to the negotiating committee at Session 1:**

- Letter submitted by Senator Robert P. Casey Jr., Submitted by Daniel Carter [PDF, 1.71MB]
- Excerpt from Congressional Record – Senate,  Submitted by Daniel Carter [PDF, 122K]
- Counting Crimes Example, Submitted by Dana Scaduto [PDF, 109K]



## Session 2 Materials

**Materials that the Department provided to the negotiating committee prior to Session 2:**

- Draft agenda  download filesMS Word (26K) | PDF (205K)
- Protocols  download filesMS Word (36K) | PDF (75K)
- Draft Session 1 meeting summary  download filesMS Word (59K) | PDF (141K)
- Draft regulation in red-line  download filesMS Word (124K) | PDF (163K)
- Draft regulation - clean version  download filesMS Word (94K) | PDF (286K)
- Sample reporting screens for new VAWA crimes  download filesPDF (178K)
- Statute to draft regulation crosswalk  download filesMS Word (86K) | PDF (397K)
- Subcommittee documents:
- Stalking subcommittee recommendationsdownload filesMS Word (24K) | PDF (229K)
- Stalking subcommittee Meeting 1 notesdownload filesMS Word (37K) | PDF (364K)
- Stalking subcommittee Meeting 2 notesdownload filesMS Word (29K) | PDF (261K)
- Stalking subcommittee sample scenariodownload filesMS Word (27K) | PDF (215K)
- Prevention/training subcommittee recommendationsdownload filesMS Word (28K) | PDF (192K)
- Prevention/training subcommittee Meeting 1 notesdownload filesMS Word (33K) | PDF (275K)
- Prevention/training subcommittee training chartdownload filesMS Excel (285K)
- Prevention/training subcommittee training annual training document  download filesMS Word (34K) | PDF (213K)

**Materials provided by the Department to the negotiating committee at Session 2:**

- The Department's opening remarks provided by Acting Under Secretary Jamienne S. Studley, February 24, 2014  download filesMS Word (31K) | PDF (283K)

**Materials provided by non-Federal negotiators to the negotiating committee at Session 2:**

- E-mail from Mike Debowes, submitted by Dennis Gregorydownload filesMS Word (25K) | PDF (191K)
- Document on Learning Objectives for the Training Requirements, Submitted by Rick Amweg  download filesMS Word (38K) | PDF (179K)
- *National Survey of Sanctioning Practices for Student Sexual Misconduct at Institutions of Higher Education*, submitted by Dennis Gregorydownload filesPDF (398K)
- 2010 State Law Report Cards:  A National Survey of Teen Dating Violence, submitted by Fatima Goss Graves [PDF]
- Wall Street Journal article entitled *Making Campuses Safer for Women*, submitted by Nancy Chi Cantalupo  download filesMS Word (28K) | PDF (168K)
- Counting Crimes Example 2, submitted by Dana Scaduto download filesPDF (61K)



## Session 3 Materials

**Materials that the Department provided to the negotiating committee prior to Session 3:**

- Draft agenda  download filesMS Word (25K) | PDF (147K)
- Draft Session 2 meeting summary  download filesMS Word (38K) | PDF (46K)
- Draft regulation - tracked changes  download filesMS Word (148K) | PDF (133K)
- Draft regulation - clean version  download filesMS Word (85K) | PDF (100K)

**Materials provided by the Department to the negotiating committee at Session 3:**

- Post-lunch draft for discussion on April 1   download filesMS Word (168K) | PDF (498K)

**Final Consensus-Based Language**

- download filesMS Word (93K) | PDF (344K)



## Outreach Activities

In advance of the first negotiation session, the Department held three conference calls with institutional administrators, campus public safety officials, and advocacy groups in order to learn more about their concerns regarding the implementation of the changes that the VAWA made to the Clery Act.  Generally, we reached out to individuals and groups that: provided comments and testimony during our public comment period and public hearings in spring 2013; submitted nominations for or were nominated to serve as negotiators on the committee; we have worked with in the past on regulations implementing the Clery Act; and were recommended by our interagency colleagues from the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Health and Human Services.  These calls were not part of the formal negotiated rulemaking sessions, but instead provided an informal opportunity for the Department to listen to stakeholders’ concerns and to learn more about the issues involved.

**December 11, 2013
Conference Call with Institutional Administrators**

Meeting SummaryParticipants in the outreach call

**December 12, 2013Conference Call with Campus Public Safety Officials**

Meeting SummaryParticipants in the outreach call

**December 17, 2013Conference Call with Campus Safety Advocates**

Meeting SummaryParticipants in the outreach call



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