The Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act (SaVE Act) was passed in March 2013 as a part of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act (VAWA).
The goals of the Campus Save Act are to:
- Prevent domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking on campus.
- Educate the campus community that violence against women is unlawful.
- Coordinate services to recipients and survivors in response to incidents
- Give students and staff information on campus security policies and statistics
The Campus Save Act amends the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (known as the Clery Act), which requires higher education institutions to report crime statistics and disclose security-related information, in several important ways:
- It adds offenses involving domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking to the crimes that institutions must report and include in their annual security reports (ASR)
- It expands the categories of reportable “hate crimes” to include those based on bias against gender identity or national origin
- The policy statements filed as part of the ASR must now include detailed descriptions of the institution’s internal procedures in cases of domestic violence, dating violence or stalking, as well as descriptions of its education and prevention programs.
The Campus SaVE Act contact at NACC is Lynde Wheeler in office 116, Pendley Administration Building, extension 2230, email wheelerl@nacc.edu.