Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3399.13 – Mandatory reporting of power-based violence
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3399.13
- Employee: means :
(a)(i) An administrative officer, official, or employee of a public postsecondary education board or institution. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3399.12
- Institution: means a public postsecondary education institution. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3399.12
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- Power-based violence: means any form of interpersonal violence intended to control or intimidate another person through the assertion of power over the person and shall include the following:
(a) Dating violence (Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3399.12
- Responsible employee: means an employee as defined in this Section who receives a direct statement regarding or witnesses an incident of power-based violence. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3399.12
- Title IX coordinator: means the individual designated by a public postsecondary education institution as the institution's official for coordinating the institution's efforts to comply with and carry out its responsibilities under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 17:3399.12
A. Except as provided in Subsection C of this Section, a responsible employee who receives a direct statement regarding or witnesses an incident of power-based violence committed by or against a student shall promptly report the incident to the institution‘s Title IX coordinator.
B. A responsible employee who receives information regarding retaliation against a person for reporting power-based violence shall promptly report the retaliation to the institution’s Title IX coordinator.
C. A responsible employee is not required to make a report if information is received under any of the following circumstances:
(1) During a public forum or awareness event in which an individual discloses an incident of power-based violence as part of educating others.
(2) Disclosure is made in the course of academic work consistent with the assignment.
(3) Disclosure is made indirectly, such as in the course of overhearing a conversation.
D. A report under this Section shall include the following information if known:
(1) The identity of the alleged victim.
(2) The identity of the alleged perpetrator.
(3) The type of power-based violence or retaliation alleged to have been committed.
(4) Any other information about witnesses, location, date, and time that the incident occurred.
Acts 2015, No. 172, §1, eff. June 23, 2015; Acts 2019, No. 21, §§1, 2; Acts 2021, No. 439, §2, eff. June 21, 2021; Acts 2021, No. 472, §2, eff. June 29, 2021.