The new law would give cadets at Virginia Military Institute immunity from being punished for drug or alcohol violations when reporting a sex assault
If Gov. Glenn Youngkin signs the bill into law, the college will be given one dispensation: VMI’s superintendent, Cedric T. Wins, can require any cadet who poses a threat to themself or others to get drug or alcohol counseling.
Last year, VMI’s government relations director, Kimberly Parker, had argued before the House of Delegates higher education subcommittee that the school shouldthe “inherent risk” in the college’s military training environment and the complexity of each case as reasons discretion for imposing punishments should “lie at the institute level.”VMI also argued that no student in recent memory had been punished for drug or alcohol violations while filing a sexual assault report.
In 2021, the college underwent a state-ordered independent investigation into its culture. The law firm of Barnes & Thornburg, which conducted the probe,that “institutional racism and sexism are present, tolerated, and left unaddressed at VMI.” Its report found that “sexual assault is prevalent” on campus.
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