It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

SECTION 1. Title 16 of the General Laws entitled "Education" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter:

{ADD CHAPTER 76 ADD}

{ADD SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN HIGHER EDUCATION ADD}

{ADD 16-76-1. Definition. -- ADD} {ADD As used in this chapter the term "sexual harassment" means any unwelcome sexual advances or requests for sexual favors or any other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature when submission to such conduct or such advances or requests is made either explicitly or implicitly a term or condition of an individual's academic success. ADD}

{ADD 16-76-2. Policies to respond to sexual harassment -- Annual report. -- ADD} {ADD Every institution of higher learning in the state shall develop a written policy to respond to sexual harassment and, beginning in 1996, shall report to the general assembly on or before February 15 of each year on the status and implementation of that policy. ADD}

{ADD 16-76-3. Penalty. -- ADD} {ADD Any institution which fails to comply with this chapter shall be subject to a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500). ADD}

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 1996.