New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 8 - EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
Chapter II - Regulations of the Commissioner
Subchapter A - Higher and Professional Education
Part 48 - Annual Aggregate Data Reporting by New York State Institutions of Higher Education Related to Reports of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Stalking and Sexual Assault
Section 48.2 - Annual Aggregate Data Reporting
Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 39, September 25, 2024
On or before October 1, 2019, and by October 1 of each subsequent year thereafter, institutions shall report to the Department the following information concerning incidents that were reported during the prior calendar year in a form and manner prescribed by the Commissioner:
(a) the following numbers of incidents reported to the Title IX Coordinator (which shall be established based upon the number of reporting individuals, not by the number of the accused or respondents):
(b) of those incidents reported in paragraph (a)(3) of this section:
(c) of those incidents reported in paragraph (b)(1) of this section, the number of cases processed through the institution's judicial or conduct process, (which process shall commence upon a respondent's receipt of a notice of charges pursuant to section 6444 (5)(b) of the Education Law);
(d) of those cases in subdivision (c) of this section, the number of respondents who were found responsible through the institution's judicial or conduct process after all levels of appeal were exhausted, which number shall include those cases in which the respondent accepted responsibility at any point in the process;
(e) of those cases in subdivision (c) of this section, the number of respondents who were found not responsible through the institution's judicial or conduct process, or whose finding of responsibility was overturned on appeal;
(f) a description of the final sanctions imposed by the institution for each incident for which a respondent was found responsible for sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence or stalking, as provided in subdivision (d) of this section, through the institution's judicial or conduct process, which shall be defined as:
(g) the number of cases in the institution's judicial or conduct process that were closed prior to a final determination after the respondent withdrew from the institution and declined to complete the disciplinary process; and
(h) the number of cases in the institution's judicial or conduct process that were closed because the complaint was withdrawn by the reporting individual prior to a final determination or an informal resolution was reached. Such number shall include all cases, regardless of the stage at which the reporting individual withdrew the complaint or the informal resolution was reached.
(i) Additional training information. Institutions may additionally report the number of trainings held by the institution, the number of staff trained, and the number of students trained during the reporting period.