Colleges Must Now Report Hazing Incidents To Feds

USA Today reports:

President Joe Biden on Tuesday enacted the first federal anti-hazing law, marking the end of a yearslong push by victims’ families for more transparency and accountability on college campuses.

The Stop Campus Hazing Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives in September and the U.S. Senate this month, requires universities to start collecting hazing statistics to include in regular public reports.

Despite the sometimes violent and fatal nature of hazing, schools have never been required by the federal government to disclose statistics about how often it happens.

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