{"id":44384,"date":"2017-09-07T15:13:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-07T22:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=44384"},"modified":"2017-09-07T15:13:04","modified_gmt":"2017-09-07T22:13:04","slug":"attorney-general-becerra-blasts-department-of-education-decision-to-roll-back-protections-for-survivors-of-campus-sexual-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=44384","title":{"rendered":"Attorney General Becerra Blasts Department of Education Decision to Roll Back Protections for Survivors of Campus Sexual Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;Today, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra blasted U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos\u2019 announcement that she will significantly scale back Title IX protections for students who are survivors of sexual violence on college campuses:  \u201cStudents in California, and across the country, pursue higher education with the hope of earning a degree, landing their dream job and making a difference,\u201d said Attorney General Becerra. \u201cWhen those college students become victims of sexual violence, we should do everything we can to help them, not slash protections in place to ensure their safety. It should be the Department of Education\u2019s number one goal to ensure all students can learn in a safe environment. Secretary DeVos should be ashamed of her decision to surrender protections and robust efforts implemented by Title IX that hold schools accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Xavier_Becerra_official_portrait_as_attorney_general_of_California.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"330\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Xavier_Becerra_official_portrait_as_attorney_general_of_California.jpg 220w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Xavier_Becerra_official_portrait_as_attorney_general_of_California-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Xavier_Becerra_official_portrait_as_attorney_general_of_California-150x225.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Obama Administration previously took critical steps to create safer climates on campuses and ensure that victims have the confidence to come forward and get the help they need. On July 19, Attorney General Becerra, along with 19 fellow attorneys general, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos expressing serious concerns regarding reports that the Department of Education was prepared to undo Title IX protections for survivors of sexual assault on college campuses. The letter questions the Department of Education\u2019s Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Candice Jackson\u2019s ability to oversee a fair process for evaluating sexual assault policies given her highly troubling public comments surrounding sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p># # # <\/p>\n<p>You may view the full account of this posting, including possible attachments, in the News &#038; Alerts section of our website at: https:\/\/oag.ca.gov\/news\/press-releases\/attorney-general-becerra-blasts-department-education-decision-roll-back<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacramento, CA&#8230;Today, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra blasted U.S. Department of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos\u2019 announcement that she will significantly scale back Title IX protections for students who are survivors of sexual violence on college campuses: \u201cStudents in California, and across the country, pursue higher education with the hope of earning a degree, landing their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Xavier_Becerra_official_portrait_as_attorney_general_of_California.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}