Nine UC Berkeley students have filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education alleging that UC Berkeley violated federal regulations on the handling of sexual assault.

The complaint, filed Wednesday, alleges that the university violated 10 provisions of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy Act and the Campus Crime Statistics Act.

Allegations include discouraging sexual assault survivors from reporting incidents to local authorities, failing to notify the campus community of immediate threats to their health and safety and persistently underreporting sexual battery, sexual assault and rape.

UC Berkeley students filed the complaints in coordination with students from Swarthmoren College, Dartmouth College and USC.

UC Berkeley students Sofie Karasek and Anais LaVoie, who are among the students filing the charges, have agreed to speak on behalf of their fellow complainants.

“For over a year, we have asked campus staff and administrators to take our bodies, our voices and our rights seriously,” LaVoie said in a press release. “We can no longer wait for action, because we’ve learned throughout this process that it isn’t coming.”

More updates to follow.

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