Dive Brief:

• A rulemaking panel of the U.S. Department of Education has approved a proposal for new campus safety rules under the Clery Act.
• The committee, representing victim advocates, educational institutions and law enforcement, endorsed new requirements for colleges to expand reporting of campus crimes, publish more information about the workings of disciplinary hearings, and maintain sexual assault prevention programs.
• Also under the proposal, colleges would have to report domestic violence, dating violence, stalking incidents, and hate crimes involving national origin and gender identity with their annual crime statistics.

Dive Insight:

Inside Higher Ed reports that much of the negotiating by the committee over several months was about how to define the new types of incidents added to crime stats. Under the proposal, colleges will have to  report domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking even if the incidents are not considered by local authorities to be a crime. The Education Department will take the committee’s proposal to public comment, and final regulations are expected by Nov. 1.