ms. langhammer? do you know? >> do you know i know of that you are referring to -- there was a college in rhode island, providence college, where someone transferred to i believe it was oregon. just the very situation you are describing. that definitely needs attention in the legislation, i remember that, recommend senator. >> it is critical important. -- critically important. a school may be really happy to get rid of a rapist. they can't deal with the proof -- the student does not want to pursue it but there is a rapist on campus, a serial editor and if he is gone, the school says, we have done our job, we got rid of him. then he is on to another school. schools ought to be asking this question, when someone comes to them, especially if there is some potential disciplinary problem involved in the original school -- what was the reason? assault? e sexual they can protect a lot of students on their own campuses if they ask these questions. it is very much permissible precludeda, it is not for a school to ask that

ms. langhammer, do you know -- [inaudible] >> yes. [inaudible] >> there were instances you were referring to where there was actually a college in rhode island, providence college, where someone transferred to i believe it was oregon, and just the very situation you are describing. and i think that definitely needs some attention in the legislation. i would recommend that. i think it is a great point you are bringing up. >> really, we think about it, it is critically important because a school may be really happy to get rid of a rapist. they can't deal with the proof. the student doesn't want to pursue in the criminal justice process but there's a rapist on the contest -- on campus, a serial predator, and he is gone the schools as well, we have done a job, we got rid of him. thingies onto another school. schools ought to be asking this question when someone comes to them, especially if there's some potential disciplinary problem involved in the original school. what was the reason? did it involve sexual assault? because they can prote

ms. langhammer about different sizes of colleges and universities and the issue ms. fleischer about time and they do that. we will have to look at this scene not every college is going to be able to have full-time people do this so you have to look at it in terms of training within the counties and departments as well so thank you very much. appreciate it. >> senator blumenthal. >> thank you mr. chairman and thank you for holding this hearing which is immensely important. i have been involved in helping to write the bill that senator mccaskill and senator gillibrand and i have done and working very closely with groups, advocates and survivors holding more than a dozen roundtables to listen directly and to learn from everyone involved in this issue. the bill in my view really involves law enforcement through a memorandum of understanding that would be required. it provides for better fact-finding and investigation on campus through confidential advisers as well as a uniformed process of adjudication within the university. all too often it's ad hoc and unfair to both s

ms. langhammer. >> and thank you for inviting me to testify today. day one has conserved as rhode island's sexual assault coalition for over 40 years. we provide treatment, intervention, education, advocacy and prevention services to rhode islanders of all ages and we operate the state's of course children's advocacy center. our trained staff of 40 employees and 60 plus volunteers works closely with law enforcement, prosecution, area hospitals, schools and the community to address and prevent sexual assault and abuse with highly regarded trauma informed treatment and programs. rhode island's high concentration of colleges and universities make the issue of campus sexual assault a major focus or day one. we worked with victims of college sexual assault throughout our long history so we have been aware of the issue's prevalence. we know these cases are rarely reported to law enforcement and the ones that are hardly ever move on to successful prosecution. it's clear, the current system is not working. there has never been a comprehensive system that wor