YSU sets rules in line with anti-hazing law - Youngstown Vindicator

YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University is implementing several new rules and initiatives in response to Ohio’s new anti-hazing law.

The new statute, known as Collin’s Law, went into effect Oct. 6 and, among other things, mandates stronger consequences for hazing, both from a university student conduct perspective and from a criminal perspective.

Joy Polkabla Byers, YSU associate vice president of Student Experience, said the YSU Office of Community Standards and Student Conduct has developed a new sanctioning direction for hazing cases that includes sanctions for individuals and organizations based on the nature of the hazing incident.

Additionally, YSU will develop a new website to communicate any hazing incidents on campus in a five-year period, she said.

“The law also expands the list of officials who are required to report hazing to university police and local law enforcement, with penalties up to a 1st degree misdemeanor for failing to do so,” Polkabla Byers said.

She said all members of the YSU community are now required to report any suspected incidents of hazing using a form that will be made available online.

Additionally, all YSU students, advisors, faculty, staff and volunteers are now required to complete a new 20-minute “Recognize and Prevent Hazing” training module before they will be permitted to participate in or advise any student organization or university program.

source: https://www.vindy.com/news/local-news/2021/10/ysu-sets-rules-in-line-with-anti-hazing-law/

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