President Biden signed the Stop Campus Hazing Act, requiring universities to collect and publicly report hazing statistics. This legislation marks a significant step in combating hazing, which has long plagued college campuses despite existing state laws.
It’s kind of surprising that hazing is even still a thing but as we have seen in recent years, the practice still exists.President Joe Biden on Tuesday enacted the first federal anti-hazing law, marking the end of a yearslong push by victims’ families for more transparency and accountability on college campuses.
The Stop Campus Hazing Act, which passed the House of Representatives in September and the Senate this month, requires universities to start collecting hazing statistics to include in regular public reports.Under long-standing federal statutes, colleges and universities must disclose crimes that occur on their campuses each year.
Though nearly every state has an anti-hazing law, the measures vary in scope and impact, according to the advocacy group StopHazing. Earlier attempts to put a federal law on the books have fizzled in Congress. With Biden’s enactment of the law Tuesday, many colleges will have to reconcile their existing protocols with the new federal requirements. The law also pushes schools to implement comprehensive hazing prevention programs and identify which student groups are found in violation of anti-hazing rules.
Julie and Gary DeVercelly Sr., whose son died in a fraternity hazing incident at Rider University in New Jersey in 2007, commended Biden on Tuesday.
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