REPORT: Due process lawsuits increased dramatically after DoED overreach

September 2, 2016

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights issued a “Dear Colleague” letter in 2011 that severely limited an accused student’s ability to defend himself while threatening to remove funding from schools that did not toughen up on campus sexual assault. In the wake of the letter, accused students have been expelled at what appears to be an alarming rate. The percentage of lawsuits filed by either party involved in an accusation shifted heavily toward the accused, according to a report from Stop Abusive and Violent Environments, an organization trying to reform the way schools handle accusations.

washingtonexaminer.com By Ashe Schow