N.Y. Education Law § 6449: Reporting aggregate data to the department

§ 6449. Reporting aggregate data to the department. 1. Institutions

shall annually report to the department the following information about

reports of domestic violence, dating violence, stalking and sexual

assault:

a. The number of such incidents that were reported to the Title IX

Coordinator.

b. Of those incidents in paragraph a of this subdivision, the number

of reporting individuals who sought the institution's judicial or

conduct process.

c. Of those reporting individuals in paragraph b of this subdivision,

the number of cases processed through the institution's judicial or

conduct process.

d. Of those cases in paragraph c of this subdivision, the number of

respondents who were found responsible through the institution's

judicial or conduct process.

e. Of those cases in paragraph c of this subdivision, the number of

respondents who were found not responsible through the institution's

judicial or conduct process.

f. A description of the final sanctions imposed by the institution for

each incident for which a respondent was found responsible, as provided

in paragraph d of this subdivision, through the institution's judicial

or conduct process.

g. The number of cases in the institution's judicial or conduct

process that were closed prior to a final determination after the

respondent withdrew from the institution and declined to complete the

disciplinary process.

h. The number of cases in the institution's judicial or conduct

process that were closed because the complaint was withdrawn by the

reporting individual prior to a final determination.

2. The department shall create a reporting mechanism for institutions

to efficiently and uniformly provide the information outlined in

subdivision one of this section.

3. The department shall not release the information, as provided for

in this section, if it would compromise the confidentiality of reporting

individuals or any other party in the best judgment of the department.

4. Within one year of the effective date of this article, the

department shall issue regulations in consultation with representatives

from the state university of New York, city university of New York, and

private and independent colleges and universities, and within two years

of the effective date of this article the department shall issue a

report to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the

speaker of the assembly and the chairs of the higher education

committees in each house regarding the data collected pursuant to this

section.