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Officials at Oklahoma State University did not go to the police with several reports of rape or sexual assault on campus in 2011, falesly believing that they were following procedures protecting the information of the purported assailant.
According to a report by an OSU Board of Regents task force, university representatives misinterpreted the Federal Education Rights Privacy Act. The university believed that purported rapists educational records might have been involved in the case, and so, to protect those records, decided sexual assault fell under the purview of the school, not law enforcement:
Fridays report cites a provision in FERPA that allows institutions to contact campus police to ask them to investigate possible crimes on campus. The report notes that members of the news media brought the provision to university officials attention.
University Didn?t Call Cops About Sexual Assault For Fear Of Exposing Alleged Rapist?s Grades | ThinkProgress
According to a report by an OSU Board of Regents task force, university representatives misinterpreted the Federal Education Rights Privacy Act. The university believed that purported rapists educational records might have been involved in the case, and so, to protect those records, decided sexual assault fell under the purview of the school, not law enforcement:
Fridays report cites a provision in FERPA that allows institutions to contact campus police to ask them to investigate possible crimes on campus. The report notes that members of the news media brought the provision to university officials attention.
University Didn?t Call Cops About Sexual Assault For Fear Of Exposing Alleged Rapist?s Grades | ThinkProgress
