Campus Hazing Policy

The Stop Campus Hazing Act (SCHA) requires that institutions take certain acts before June 23, 2025. Institutions must publish a statement regarding the current policies related to hazing, how to report incidents of hazing, the process used to investigate such incidents, and information related to applicable local, state and tribal laws on hazing.

Institutions also must publish a statement of policy regarding hazing prevention and awareness programs that includes a description of research-informed campuswide prevention programs designed to reach students, staff and faculty, including 1) information related to institutional policies against hazing; and 2) primary prevention strategies intended to stop hazing before it occurs, including skill building for bystander intervention, information on ethical leadership and the promotion of strategies for building group cohesion without hazing.

Requirements for New Campus Hazing Transparency Report

The SCHA also requires institutions to develop, publish and update a campus hazing and transparency report on the institution’s public-facing website. The report must be published in a “prominent location” and include:

• a statement notifying the public of the annual availability of statistics on hazing, including a link to the report with those statistics; and

• information about the institution’s policies related to hazing and applicable local, state and tribal laws on hazing.

Beginning on July 1, 2025, each participating institution must develop, in accordance with the institution’s statement of policy related to hazing, a report summarizing findings concerning any student organizations that are established or recognized by the institution found to be in violation of the institution’s standards of conduct related to hazing. Barring any action by the Department of Education to require an earlier deadline, the SCHA requires institutions to publish the report no later than Dec. 23, 2025. In addition, institutions are required to “not less frequently than 2 times each year” update the report to include each incident involving a student organization for which a finding of responsibility is issued related to a hazing violation, including:

• the name of the student organization;

• a general description of the violation that resulted in a finding of responsibility, including whether it involved the abuse or illegal use of alcohol or drugs, the findings of the institution and any sanctions placed upon the student organization; and

• the dates on which the incident was alleged to have occurred, the investigation was initiated, the investigation ended with a finding and the institution provided notice to the student organization that a violation occurred.

Importantly, institutions must be careful not to include any personally identifiable information (PII) or any information that could reveal PII about an individual student, in accordance with FERPA requirements in the report. Finally, information included in each report or update must be maintained for five calendar years after the date of publication.

Campus Hazing Transparency Report

Incidents that would include any personally identifiable information (PII), or any related policy information that could reveal PII about an individual student, are reported in accordance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). Incidents that would identify an individual employee are reported in accordance with employment laws.