Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act
Latest action · Nov 17, 2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedSep 16, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require an institution of higher education (IHE), other than a foreign IHE, that is participating in the programs under title IV to distinguish, in its annual campus security report on crime statistics, crimes that occur while a student is participating in an approved study abroad program, without regard to whether the IHE owns or controls a building or property at the location where the crime occurred.
Requires such IHEs to develop and distribute, as part of their annual security report provided to students and employees, a statement that the IHE has adopted and implemented a program to protect students participating in an approved study abroad program from crime and harm.
Requires each student protection program to include:
- a biennial review by the IHE of its study abroad programs to determine their effectiveness in protecting students from crime and harm and the number of deaths and sexual assaults of program participants, accidents and illnesses occurring during program participation, and incidents resulting in police involvement during the preceding 10 years; and
- the crime statistics IHEs are required to include in their annual campus security report.
Requires such IHEs to:
- provide each student who is interested in participating in an approved study abroad program with a pre-trip orientation session and information regarding the countries in which the programs are located and the incidents and crime statistics they are required to include in their protection program for students studying abroad; and
- provide each student who returns from such a study abroad program with a post-trip orientation session, including an exit interview that assists the IHE in carrying out its program to protect students studying abroad.
Directs the Secretary to periodically review a representative sample of those student protection programs.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 18, 2014 to Nov 12, 2014.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Nov 12, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 17, 2014Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Sep 16, 2014Introduced in House
- Sep 16, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Area studies and international education
- Assault and harassment offenses
- Consumer affairs
- Crime prevention
- Crimes against women
- Criminal justice information and records
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Education
- Higher education
- School administration
- Sex offenses
- Student aid and college costs
- Violent crime
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2014Introduced in House
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