New Education Secretary: Will it make a difference?

HarvestMoon1
Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:43:09 +0000

For purposes of clarity here is what the Office of Civil Rights currently says about cross-examination of witnesses:

OCR does not require that a school allow cross-examination of witnesses, including the parties, if they testify at the hearing. But if the school allows one party to cross-examine witnesses, it must do so equally for both parties.

And regarding the parties cross-examining each other:

OCR strongly discourages a school from allowing the parties to personally question or cross-examine each other during a hearing on alleged sexual violence… A school may choose, instead, to allow the parties to submit questions to a trained third party (e.g., the hearing panel) to ask the questions on their behalf…