Definitions
"Dating Violence." Behavior where one person uses threats of, or actually uses, physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse to control the person's dating partner.
"Domestic Violence." The occurrence of one or more of the following acts between family or household members:
- Intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causing or attempting to cause bodily injury.
- Placing, by physical menace, another in fear of imminent serious bodily injury.
"Domestic Violence Program." A nonprofit organization or program whose primary purpose is to provide services to domestic violence victims which include, but are not limited to, crisis hotline; safe homes or shelters; community education; counseling systems intervention and interface; transportation, information and referral; and victim assistance.
"Education Program." An evidence-based sexual violence, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking prevention and awareness education program.
"Institution of Higher Education" or "Institution." An independent institution of higher education, a community college, a state-related institution or a member institution of the state system of higher education.
"Matriculating." Enrolling in an institution of higher education or private licensed school.
"Private Licensed School." A school or classes operated for profit or tuition that provides resident instruction to prepare an individual to pursue an occupation in the skilled trades, industry or business, or systematic instruction by correspondence or by telecommunication in a field of study. It does not include private academic schools.
"Rape Crisis Center." Any office, institution or center offering assistance to victims of sexual assault and their families through crisis intervention, accompaniment to medical and legal appointments and follow-up counseling.
"Sexual Violence." Sexual activity that is performed without the consent of all parties, or that is performed by force, by threat of force, against someone who is unconscious or unaware that the sexual activity is occurring, by a person who has impaired the victim's power to consent through the use of drugs or intoxicants, or against someone with a mental disability which leaves the victim incapable of consent. Under Pennsylvania law, sexual violence includes rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, and incest.
"Stalking." When a person repeatedly commits acts toward another person, including following them without proper authority or communicating with them with the intent to instill fear of bodily injury or cause substantial emotional distress.
"Student." A person who is enrolled on a full-time basis at an institution of higher education or private licensed school.