AB 1053

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.