Bill proposes online database of fraternity/sorority infractions

[amillionlights]

Full article is here, but here is the gist:

Responding to the death of Clemson University student Tucker Hipps, an Upstate legislator called Thursday for creating an online database listing arrests, investigations and violations linked to fraternities and sororities.

Putnam said his legislation is meant to "improve safety for college students" by providing "every tool for students and parents to make wise decisions."

He said the measure would require incidents involving fraternities, sororities and other social organizations at the state's public colleges and universities to be published online. The online database would include information about how each arrest, investigation and violation involving these organizations was resolved.

Under provisions of his bill, students and their parents would be made aware of the online database before students begin the process of joining a fraternity or sorority.

I think this is pretty crazy. I can't really see anything coming from it, but I definitely thought it was interesting.

[Tom Earp]

While something like this will make good press, I can fore see nothing but problems for Greeks in the future!

Now is a major time for Greeks to quit acting like morons and act like adults!

[Kevin]

How is an arrest "linked" to a fraternity?

[Griffins&Quills]

Sounds like a witch hunt to me

[Kevin]

It always is with these dweebs.

Millenials are an interesting breed, which at least one poll shows, they hold free speech in very low regard.

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank...to-minorities/

In the above poll, 40% of millenials surveyed believed that the government should be able to punish people who say offensive things about minorities. What could possibly go wrong?

[Griffins&Quills]

Honestly, everything has become sooooooo politically correct, we're almost going in the opposite direction

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by Griffins&Quills

Honestly, everything has become sooooooo politically correct, we're almost going in the opposite direction

Well we are. If you subscribe to the pendulum effect theory, Trump's current popularity is most likely attributed to this PC craziness. I saw a headline the other week about a college canceling a 9/11 memorial service because they didn't want to offend muslims.

I really do get a kick when my far left friends post their shock and outrage about Trump on social media. I really feel like they are the ones that created that monster and should be apologizing to the moderates and centrists in the country for it.

[33girl]

So parties held by athletic teams, random house parties, or bars with notoriously lax admission/serving standards will never be to blame for anything? This is one of the most blatant examples of discrimination I've ever seen.

[BAckbOwlsgIrl]

Best phrase ever regarding the hypocrisy surrounding Greek Letter Organizations;

So parties held by athletic teams, random house parties, or bars with notoriously lax admission/serving standards will never be to blame for anything? This is one of the most blatant examples of discrimination I've ever seen.

[zmv]

honestly, have they just given up on pretending we're not a scapegoat for campus problems?

[DGTess]

I'd think there are some serious privacy issues involved with publishing details of an investigation or arrest, vice a conviction which is public record.

I applaud the sentiment of having information available about safety, but not this proposal.

[PGD-GRAD]

This is a bunch of crap. We dance around trying to pass a bill that would establish a national database to prohibit criminals or the mentally ill from purchasing a firearm, but we can promote THIS?
It's fine to focus on accountability, but this is a bridge too far.

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by PGD-GRAD

This is a bunch of crap. We dance around trying to pass a bill that would establish a national database to prohibit criminals or the mentally ill from purchasing a firearm, but we can promote THIS?
It's fine to focus on accountability, but this is a bridge too far.

Precisely the same issue - no need to create databases of those who have not been adjudicated guilty. There is a database of criminal convictions, and we see that it is not infallible.

[Kevin]

This is the actual bill.

H. 4521
A BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, TO ENACT THE "TUCKER HIPPS TRANSPARENCY ACT" BY ADDING SECTION 59-101-210 SO AS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING SHALL MAINTAIN REPORTS OF INVESTIGATIONS AND RELATED INFORMATION OF MEMBERS OF FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES, AND OTHER SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS, TO SPECIFY INFORMATION THAT MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORTS, TO PROVIDE INSTITUTIONS SHALL MAKE THE REPORTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND ONLINE, AND SHALL FURNISH REPORTS TO STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS BEFORE THE STUDENTS MAY BEGIN THE FORMAL PROCESS OF JOINING A PreviousFRATERNITYNext OR SORORITY, TO PROVIDE OVERSIGHT AND ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION, AND TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE INITIAL COMPILATION OF THESE REPORTS BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE 2016-2017 ACADEMIC YEAR.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. This act must be known and may be cited as the "Tucker Hipps Transparency Act".

SECTION 2. Article 1, Chapter 101, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 59-101-210. (A) Beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, a public institution of higher learning shall maintain a report of investigations of student misconduct, whether public or institution-based, concerning citations, complaints, and investigations for each member or person formally associated with each PreviousfraternityNext, sorority, and other social organizations permitted at the institution. This report must include the dates on which the citation was issued, complaint was filed, or investigation was initiated, a general description of the alleged incident, the dates on which any related hearings were conducted, and the resolution of the allegations including any disciplinary measures taken. This report must be in chronological order. No personal identifying information of the parties to the investigation may be included in the report. The institution shall update each report at least weekly.

(B) The institution shall:

(1) make these investigation and resolution reports available to the public upon request;

(2) provide these reports on the Internet website of the institution; and

(3) furnish a printed notice of the nature and availability of this data and the website where it can be found to a student and to the parents of the student before the student may begin the official process of joining a PreviousfraternityNext, sorority, or other social organizations as a new member. If a student does not receive this information before beginning this process, his membership in the organization is void.

(C) The Commission on Higher Education shall monitor each institution for compliance with the provisions of this section and shall enforce the provisions of this section when a violation occurs. This compliance must include at least one random and at least one scheduled audit annually. A member of the public also may bring complaints of violations to the commission. The commission shall conduct a hearing on an alleged violation pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act, and may award injunctive relief or impose fines pursuant to subsection (D). A party aggrieved by a decision of the commission may appeal the decision to the Administrative Law Court pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act.

(D) An institution that violates the provisions of this section is subject to:

(1) a fine of five hundred dollars for a first violation;

(2) a fine of one thousand dollars for a second violation; and

(3) a fine of fifteen hundred dollars and an injunction restraining the institution from permitting Previousfraternity, sorority, and other social organizations to operate in association with the institution for a third violation."

SECTION 3. Each public institution of higher learning shall compile an initial report and make it available to the public and online before the beginning of the 2016-2017 academic year. This initial report must include all information concerning each incident for which an investigation began after December 31, 2010.

SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

http://www.scstatehouse.gov/query.ph...521&numrows=10

[ASTalumna06]

This makes it sound like we're all criminals, and the mommies and daddies of potential new members need to be warned that we may corrupt their super special snowflakes.