Star Tribune
7.9.15 | Maura Lerner
The sexual-assault prevention policy is postponed until the Board of Regents reviews it in September.
President Eric Kaler has agreed to postpone a new sexual-assault prevention policy at the University of Minnesota to give members of the Board of Regents time to debate it.
The policy would subject students to disciplinary action for having sex unless both parties give what’s known as “affirmative consent.”
On Wednesday, Regent Michael Hsu raised concerns about the legal implications of the proposal, which was poised to take effect at the end of a 30-day comment period next week. Hsu said he’d received numerous e-mails and phone calls in the wake of recent news stories about the policy, which critics say would stack the deck against the accused in any disciplinary proceeding.
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