WASHINGTON — Penn State University will be required to make major changes to how it deals with sexual assault complaints following an investigation of the school’s handling of allegations in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, the Department of Education announced Thursday.
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos detailed how the university will be held accountable through a major overhaul of its Title IX procedures after it “failed to protect students and address their complaints of sexual abuse.”
The university has paid more than $100 million to settle claims from about three dozen people who alleged Sandusky, 73, had abused them and made a host of changes to its policies and procedures after the allegations surfaced.