Democrats are working to stop Education Secretary Betsy DeVos from rescinding Obama-era guidance on how colleges should handle sexual assaults on campus.
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) introduced legislation on Thursday along with Democratic Reps. Lois Frankel (Fla.), Bobby Scott (Va.) and Ann McLane Kuster (N.H.) to codify into law guidance on sexual violence DeVos withdrew last month while the agency takes its first steps to write new guidance.
The 2011 guidance and 2014 question-and-answer document DeVos rescinded, which would be written into law under Speier’s bill, direct schools to use "preponderance of evidence" — or the “is-it-more-likely-than-not" standard — when determining whether sexual harassment or violence occurred.
Read more at The Hill: http://thehill.com/regulation/355179-dems-unveil-bill-to-write-campus-sexual-assault-guidance-into-law