Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 350 § 350.345 — Annual

Annual report relating to sexual misconduct; contents. (1) No later than October 1 of each year, each institution of higher education shall submit a report in the manner provided by ORS 192.245 to: (a) The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives; (b) The interim committees of the Legislative Assembly relating to higher education; (c) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission; and (d) The Director of Human Services. (2) The report shall include the following information, along with an optional narrative section for each of the following in which the institution may, at its discretion, explain the information: (a) The total number of allegations of sexual misconduct during the previous academic year that were reported to the institution’s Title IX coordinator by a student or employee of the institution against: (A) Another student or employee of the institution; or (B) An unknown individual or an individual for whom the institution categorizes the report as “other.” (b) The number of law enforcement investigations known to have been initiated during the previous academic year in response to reports of sexual misconduct that were brought forward by a student or employee of the institution. (c) The number of students and employees at the institution who were found responsible during the previous academic year for violating the institution’s policies prohibiting sexual misconduct. (d) The number of students and employees at the institution who during the previous academic year, faced academic or employment disciplinary action due to having violated the institution’s policies prohibiting sexual misconduct. (e) The number of students and employees at the institution who, during the previous academic year, were investigated, but found not responsible for having violated the institution’s policies prohibiting sexual misconduct. If the number under this paragraph exceeds eight, the report must include a narrative section describing why sexual misconduct cases were closed, including the most common reasons, and may also include campus-specific categories of reasons for each investigation being closed and a total number for each category. (f) The number of complainants who, during the previous academic year, requested supportive measures. (g) The number of supportive measures requested by each complainant described in paragraph (f) of this subsection. (h) The number of supportive measures granted to each complainant described in paragraph (f) of this subsection. The institution may use the optional narrative section that accompanies the number under this paragraph to describe the supportive measures provided to complainants, and to include, at the institution’s discretion, a list of supportive measures, including emergency housing, if available, offered by the institution, and the number of times each supportive measure was used. (i) The number of students or employees of the institution who reported experiencing sexual misconduct at the institution but who declined to participate or requested no investigation. (j) The number of ongoing investigations into an accusation of sexual misconduct. (k) The types of violence reported at the institution. For any institution with greater than eight reports under this paragraph, the institution shall provide a narrative section describing the types of sexual misconduct experienced on the campus of the institution and may also include any campus-specific categories of sexual misconduct experienced on the campus of the institution and the number of reports for each category. (L) A section for narrative discussion in which the institution may: (A) Describe any work being done at the institution to ensure the institution has accurate information; (B) Explain any trends and changes in data regarding the numbers being reported; (C) Discuss any supportive measures provided or potential gaps in supportive measures being provided; and (D) Discuss how the institution is working to eliminate sexual misconduct on the campus of the institution. (3) The information provided in the report must be provided in an anonymous and aggregate manner that complies with all state and federal privacy laws. (4) Notwithstanding the page limit described in ORS 192.245 (1), the executive summary for a report submitted under this section has no page limit. [2023 c.550 §11; 2024 c.46 §7; 2025 c.358 §1]