,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eede  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bc1      
#bjbe,ms4 ,brownley 7for herself and    
,mr4 ,thanedar7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,education and ,workforce 
,a ,,bill  ,to require institutions of  
higher education to adopt a policy      
relating to the provision of advisers   
for certain students1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as ,katie ,meyer's ,law4   
#b4 ,policy relating to advisers for    
certain students  7a7 ,adviser          
requirement  7#a7 ,in general ,in order 
to be eligible to receive funds under an
 applicable program1 an institution of  
higher education shall adopt a policy   
relating to the provision of student    
advisers in accordance with paragraph   
7#b74  7#b7 ,policy required ,the policy
 required under paragraph 7#a7 shall    
include the following3 7,a7 ,in general 
,in the case of a student who attends an

 institution of higher education and who
 receives notification of an alleged    
violation by such student of the code of
 conduct of such institution1 such      
institution shall provide such student  
with the option to be assisted by an    
adviser in accordance with clauses 7ii7 
and 7iii7 of subparagraph 7,d74  7,b7   
,notification ,the notification         
described in subparagraph 7,a7 shall    
include information with respect to the 
option of the student to-- 7i7 select an
 outside adviser2 or  7ii7 request that 
the institution of higher education     
provide an independent adviser4  7,c7   
,provision of adviser ,an institution   
may provide an independent adviser to a 
student through--  7i7 a confidential   
respondent services coordinator2  7ii7  
an agreement with a student-based peer  
support program2 and  7iii7 an agreement
 with an alumni-based support program4  
7,d7 ,requirements ,an outside adviser  
selected by a student pursuant to clause
 7i7 of subparagraph 7,b7 or an         

independent adviser provided to a       
student pursuant to clause 7ii7 of such 
subparagraph1 as applicable1 shall--    
7i7 be trained by such institution on   
the adjudication procedures of such     
institution relating to the alleged     
violation2  7ii7 with written permission
 from the student1 receive bi-weekly    
updates throughout the adjudication     
process2 and  7iii7 participate in the  
adjudication process-- 7,i7 as an       
advocate for the student2 or  7,,ii7 as 
authorized by applicable ,state law and 
title ,,ix of the ,education ,amendments
 of #aigb 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #afha et seq474
  7#c7 ,definitions ,in this subsection3
  7,a7 ,applicable program ,the term    
applicable program has the meaning given
 such term in section #djj7;c7 of the   
,general ,education ,provisions ,act    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #abba7;c774  7,b7        
,institution of higher education ,the   
term institution of higher education has
 the meaning given such term in section 
#aja of the ,higher ,education ,act of  

#aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja74  7b7       
,disclosure of campus security policy   
and campus crime statistics ,section    
#dhe7;f77#a77;,f7 of the ,higher        
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajib7;g77 is amended-- 7#a7 in clause  
7iii71 by striking and at the end2  7#b7
 in clause 7iv71 by striking the period 
at the end and inserting 2 and2 and     
7#c7 by adding at the end the following3
  7v7 incidents of suicide that were    
reported to campus security authorities 
or local police agencies4  4