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Feds: Frostburg State violated sex assault response rules

Frostburg State University is agreeing to reimburse counseling expenses for two sexual assault victims to settle federal allegations that the Maryland school mishandled the women’s complaints.

The agreement Friday with the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights also requires the school to strengthen its policies and train its staff on the sexual harassment and sexual violence requirements of Title IX, a federal civil rights law that prohibits sex discrimination in education.

The school says in a statement that it does not admit to the agency’s findings that it is in violation of the law.

The agency found that the school failed to adequately investigate a 2013 rape complaint against a male student and a 2014 sexual assault complaint against a campus police officer.

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