Reasonable accommodations for University of Wisconsin System students who are victims of sexual violence and harassment. (FE)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires each University of Wisconsin System school to ensure the safety and continued access to education of student victims of sexual violence and harassment by providing these student victims with reasonable accommodations, including, to the extent they are reasonably available, housing and academic accommodations and campus escorts. The bill defines “sexual violence and harassment” to mean sexual harassment, sexual assault, stalking, or domestic abuse, as these terms are defined or prohibited under other provisions of current law.

A UW System school must notify a student victim of the student's right to these accommodations as soon as the student reports the sexual violence and harassment, regardless of whether the student pursues a formal investigation through the UW System school or law enforcement, and must grant a student victim these accommodations upon the student's request. A UW System school may not impose any additional fees or academic penalties on a student victim in response to making these accommodations.

Who's behind it

11 lawmakers are its authors⁠. All 11 are Democrats.

5 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.