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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Jan Yoshiwara
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, November 30, 2018 1:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Joe Holliday <jholliday@sbctc.edu>; Carli Schiffner <cschiffner@sbctc.edu>; Ed McCallister <emccallister@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Muray, senators pledge Democrats will battle DeVos' Title IX proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="wordsection1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium",sans-serif;color:#003764">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="wordsection1"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Katims, Casey (GOV) <<a href="mailto:casey.katims@gov.wa.gov">casey.katims@gov.wa.gov</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 29, 2018 3:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kelly, Kate (ATG) <<a href="mailto:KateK@ATG.WA.GOV">KateK@ATG.WA.GOV</a>>; Aultman, John (GOV) <<a href="mailto:john.aultman@gov.wa.gov">john.aultman@gov.wa.gov</a>>; Came, Deb (OSPI) <<a href="mailto:deb.came@k12.wa.us">deb.came@k12.wa.us</a>>;
Reykdal, Chris <<a href="mailto:chris.reykdal@k12.wa.us">chris.reykdal@k12.wa.us</a>>;
<a href="mailto:Cindy.Rockholt@k12.wa.us">Cindy.Rockholt@k12.wa.us</a>; Mastin, Dave <<a href="mailto:Dave.Mastin@k12.wa.us">Dave.Mastin@k12.wa.us</a>>; Davis, RaShelle (GOV) <<a href="mailto:rashelle.davis@gov.wa.gov">rashelle.davis@gov.wa.gov</a>>; Dawn-Fisher,
Lisa (OSPI) <<a href="mailto:lisa.dawn-fisher@k12.wa.us">lisa.dawn-fisher@k12.wa.us</a>>; Dierk Meierbachtol <<a href="mailto:Dierk.Meierbachtol@k12.wa.us">Dierk.Meierbachtol@k12.wa.us</a>>; Pauley, Gayle (OSPI) <<a href="mailto:gayle.pauley@k12.wa.us">gayle.pauley@k12.wa.us</a>>;
<a href="mailto:Glenna.Gallo@k12.wa.us">Glenna.Gallo@k12.wa.us</a>; Hollimon, Cynthia (OFM) <<a href="mailto:cynthia.hollimon@ofm.wa.gov">cynthia.hollimon@ofm.wa.gov</a>>; Jenny Plaja <<a href="mailto:Jenny.Plaja@k12.wa.us">Jenny.Plaja@k12.wa.us</a>>;
<a href="mailto:Katherine.Mahoney@k12.wa.us">Katherine.Mahoney@k12.wa.us</a>; Katy Payne <<a href="mailto:Katy.Payne@k12.wa.us">Katy.Payne@k12.wa.us</a>>; Miller, Michaela <<a href="mailto:michaela.miller@k12.wa.us">michaela.miller@k12.wa.us</a>>; Mueller,
Martin (K12) <<a href="mailto:martin.mueller@k12.wa.us">martin.mueller@k12.wa.us</a>>; Stella Lugalia <<a href="mailto:Stella.Lugalia@k12.wa.us">Stella.Lugalia@k12.wa.us</a>>; Taylor, Kathe <<a href="mailto:Kathe.Taylor@k12.wa.us">Kathe.Taylor@k12.wa.us</a>>;
<a href="mailto:Tennille.Jeffries-Simmons@k12.wa.us">Tennille.Jeffries-Simmons@k12.wa.us</a>; Thomas, Jamila (OSPI) <<a href="mailto:jamila.thomas@k12.wa.us">jamila.thomas@k12.wa.us</a>>; Thompson, Maddy (GOV) <<a href="mailto:maddy.thompson@gov.wa.gov">maddy.thompson@gov.wa.gov</a>>;
Kenna-Schenk, Becca <<a href="mailto:becca.kenna-schenk@wwu.edu">becca.kenna-schenk@wwu.edu</a>>; Bennett, Don (WSAC) <<a href="mailto:DonB@wsac.wa.gov">DonB@wsac.wa.gov</a>>; Boggs, Breann (OFM) <<a href="mailto:breann.boggs@ofm.wa.gov">breann.boggs@ofm.wa.gov</a>>;
Glynda Becker (WSU) <<a href="mailto:glynda.becker@wsu.edu">glynda.becker@wsu.edu</a>>; Arlen Harris <<a href="mailto:aharris@sbctc.edu">aharris@sbctc.edu</a>>; Jon Kerr <<a href="mailto:jkerr@sbctc.edu">jkerr@sbctc.edu</a>>; Meotti, Michael (WSAC) <<a href="mailto:MichaelM@wsac.wa.gov">MichaelM@wsac.wa.gov</a>>;
Papadakis, Eleni (WTB) <<a href="mailto:eleni.papadakis@wtb.wa.gov">eleni.papadakis@wtb.wa.gov</a>>; Francis, Paul <<a href="mailto:pfrancis@cop.wsu.edu">pfrancis@cop.wsu.edu</a>>; Sarah Castro (UW) <<a href="mailto:smcastro@uw.edu">smcastro@uw.edu</a>>; Sharpe,
Rachelle (WSAC) <<a href="mailto:RachelleS@wsac.wa.gov">RachelleS@wsac.wa.gov</a>>; Jan Yoshiwara <<a href="mailto:jyoshiwara@sbctc.edu">jyoshiwara@sbctc.edu</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Mena, Sharlett (GOV) <<a href="mailto:sharlett.mena@gov.wa.gov">sharlett.mena@gov.wa.gov</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FYI: Muray, senators pledge Democrats will battle DeVos' Title IX proposal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><u>Senators pledge Democrats will battle DeVos' Title IX proposal </u></strong><u><o:p></o:p></u></p>
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11/28/2018 05:04 PM EDT<o:p></o:p></p>
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Sen. Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Senate HELP committee, vowed Wednesday to fight Education Secretary Betsy DeVos' proposed overhaul of rules for schools handling sexual harassment and assault allegations "with everything we have."<o:p></o:p></p>
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Murray (D-Wash.) and Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), along with a slew of sexual assault survivors, trashed the Trump administration's proposal at a press conference, saying it will let schools sweep sexual assault allegations under the rug.
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Murray said that "many of our Democratic colleagues stand with us today." They join House Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, the likely House speaker, who have said they'll wield their newfound control of the House to stop the department's plans.
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"This new rule will weaken protections for students and survivors and make it easier for schools and universities to shirk their responsibilities," Murray said.
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"The best step that Secretary DeVos and the department can take would be to rescind these proposals," Hassan said. "Short of that, we want to make sure that all of those who are concerned about this issue speak up — engage in the comment process.
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"The Education Department is required to consider all comments from the public before making a final decision," she said.<o:p></o:p></p>
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The proposal is set to publish in the Federal Register Thursday, kicking off a 60-day public comment period. The administration has touted its overhaul as a historic move that will for the first time create formal regulations — through a notice-and-comment
process — for schools responding to sexual harassment claims.<o:p></o:p></p>
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DeVos said her focus is on "ensuring that every student can learn in a safe and nurturing environment." She's said the effort is aimed at boosting due process for accused students, though victims' advocates have said it will also raise barriers for students
seeking justice.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Survivors who spoke at Wednesday's press conference — including two high school students — said the proposal creates "horrifying hypotheticals": That students who are assaulted off campus or report abuse to the wrong school officials will be ignored.
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"This is absolutely unacceptable," said Chrissy Ball, who described herself as part of the "army of survivors" of abuse by Larry Nassar, the Michigan State doctor who was sentenced in three separate courts in sexual assault cases.
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Ball and others at the press conference said the proposed rules would have let Michigan State off the hook for reports of abuse made to coaches and athletic trainers, rather than the dean of students.
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"They need to look at us in the face and tell us our experiences of sexual assault ... that were reported to people on campus, such as trainers and coaches that did nothing — they need to tell us to our face that is OK to them," Ball said. "We will be heard.
We're not going to stop."<o:p></o:p></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:JA">Joined by Advocates and Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault, Senator Murray Urges Education Secretary DeVos to Withdraw Title IX Rule, Encourages Students and
Survivors to Continue Making Their Voices Heard<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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<p class="wordsection1" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Senator Murray, standing with advocates and sexual assault survivors, urged Secretary DeVos to withdraw her rule, listen
to students and survivors, and aggressively implement student protections<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="wordsection1" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Secretary DeVos’ proposal would weaken protections for survivors and make it easier for schools to shirk their responsibility
to keep students safe<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="wordsection1" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Senator Murray: “I’m calling on anyone who cares about students’ safety to join me in urging Secretary DeVos to withdraw
this rule, start over, build on the progress we’ve made instead of moving us backward, and work with us and women and survivors across the country to draft a rule that truly addresses the scourge of sexual assault…”
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<p class="wordsection1" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">ICYMI</span></u></i><i><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">: Senator Murray Calls
On Education Secretary DeVos to Stop Plan That Would Weaken Sexual Assault Protections, Start Listening to Students’ Concerns –
<a href="https://www.murray.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/newsreleases?ID=778BE0F8-AB3D-4674-BEFC-4E9E0B75FC9B">
MORE HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="wordsection1" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:red">***WATCH VIDEO OF FULL NEWS CONFERENCE
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<p class="wordsection1" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Senator Patty Murray (center), flanked by Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH, far right) and advocates and sexual assault survivors,
urges Secretary DeVos to reverse course on her proposed Title IX rule that would weaken protections for campus sexual assault survivors at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on November 28th.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="wordsection1"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;background:white">(Washington, D.C.)</span></b><span class="m-5268920944587800316m-935864760338770054m-1750896294817162563apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;background:white">
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</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), the top Democrat on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, joined sexual assault survivors and advocates to call on Secretary DeVos
to rescind her proposed Title IX regulation that would once again sweep sexual assault under the rug. Senator Murray, a longtime champion of efforts to strengthen protections for students and sexual assault survivors, has vocally opposed Secretary DeVos’ efforts
to weaken student protections against campus sexual assault and previously pressed the Secretary to postpone her draft regulation and instead take time to engage with students to hear their concerns about the proposal.
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<b><i><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:JA">“Secretary DeVos’ proposed Title IX rule makes it clear she did not listen to students and survivors who bravely asked her to listen to their stories, hold schools accountable,
and give students the resources and support they need when they are attacked, assaulted, or harassed,”
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:JA">said Senator Murray.<b><i> “I’m calling on anyone who cares about students’ safety to join me in urging Secretary DeVos to withdraw this rule, start over, build on the
progress we’ve made instead of moving us backward, and work with us and women and survivors across the country to draft a rule that truly addresses the scourge of sexual assault in our classrooms, our campuses, and wherever our students live and learn.”
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:JA">Earlier this month, Secretary DeVos released a proposed Title IX regulation that would significantly weaken existing protections for students and make it easier for K-12 schools, colleges,
and universities to shirk their responsibility to keep students safe. These new regulations come despite numerous calls from Senators and student advocates to work with students and survivors to address the serious concerns raised following reports of the
disturbing direction Secretary DeVos was planning to move in—the vast majority of which were ignored in the proposal.
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:JA">In addition to Senator Murray, Senator Maggie Hassan (D-NH), and advocates and sexual assault survivors from End Rape on Campus and Know Your IX also joined the news conference.
<b><u>For video of the full news conference, including Senator Murray’s remarks, visit
<a href="https://youtu.be/n5JiFrx9QsA?t=1302">HERE</a> <i>(Senator Murray’s remarks begin at approximately mark 21:45).</i>
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<p class="wordsection1"><span style="color:#595959">Michael J. Brewer</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="wordsection1"><span style="color:#595959">Deputy Press Secretary</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="wordsection1"><span style="color:#595959">U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="wordsection1"><span style="color:#595959">Phone: 202-228-1922</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="wordsection1"><span style="color:#595959">Cell: 202-213-1370</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="wordsection1"><span style="color:#595959">Email: <a href="mailto:michael_brewer@murray.senate.gov">
<span style="color:#595959">michael_brewer@murray.senate.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="wordsection1"><span style="color:#595959">Twitter: @MichaelJBrewer</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#595959"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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