The Stop Campus Hazing Act requires every college that participates in federal student aid to publish a hazing policy, run research-informed hazing prevention programs that reach students, staff, and faculty, count hazing incidents in its Clery annual security report, and post a Campus Hazing Transparency Report when a recognized student organization is found responsible. The law does not set an hour count for training, so the defensible record is proof that each audience received prevention content matched to its role, plus clean incident data behind every published number.
For Greek-life advisors, athletic compliance staff, and Clery coordinators, 2026 is the first full year in which all of these pieces are live at the same time.
What Does the Stop Campus Hazing Act Require?
The Act was signed on December 23, 2024, and amends the Clery Act, which it renames the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act. The Congressional Research Service summary of H.R. 5646 and the House Education and Workforce Committee’s fact sheet on the Act describe four obligations:
- Hazing statistics in the annual security report. Institutions must disclose hazing incidents reported to campus security authorities or local police that occurred on Clery geography, alongside the crime statistics already required under 34 CFR 668.46.
- A hazing policy statement. Current policies on hazing, how to report it, how incidents are investigated, and the local, state, and tribal hazing laws that apply.
- A prevention and awareness program statement. A description of research-informed, campus-wide prevention programs designed to reach students, staff, and faculty, including primary prevention strategies such as bystander intervention skill-building, ethical leadership, and building group cohesion without hazing.
- A Campus Hazing Transparency Report. A public web report summarizing findings against student organizations that the institution established or recognized.
The federal definition is broad. It covers intentional, knowing, or reckless acts tied to initiation into, affiliation with, or maintenance of membership in a student organization, regardless of whether the victim was willing. “Student organization” includes clubs, bands, club sports, varsity and junior varsity teams, student government, and fraternities and sororities, whether or not the school recognizes them. If your hazing policy still uses a narrower definition written years ago, your statistics and your training content may not match what the law now counts.
What Are the Key Compliance Dates?
Because the Act took effect on signature, most deadlines are counted from December 23, 2024:
- January 1, 2025: institutions had to start collecting hazing statistics for the annual security report.
- June 23, 2025: the hazing policy and prevention program statements became due, 6 months after enactment.
- July 1, 2025: collection began for findings that go into the Campus Hazing Transparency Report.
- December 23, 2025: the first Transparency Report was due, 12 months after enactment, for any institution with a finding. Updates follow at least 2 times a year, and each update stays posted for 5 calendar years.
- October 1, 2026: the annual security report due this fall is the first to carry a full calendar year of hazing statistics.
An institution with no hazing findings does not have to build a Transparency Report until it has one. That exemption does not extend to the prevention program. Every covered college needs the program statement, and it needs a program behind the statement that it can describe honestly.
Who Needs Hazing Prevention Training on Campus?
The Act names three audiences for prevention programs: students, staff, and faculty. In practice, most colleges sort training into five groups because the risk and the reporting duty differ for each one.
- Campus security authorities (CSAs). Coaches, Greek-life advisors, residence life staff, and student activities directors are usually CSAs under Clery. They must know how to recognize hazing under the federal definition and how to route a report. The Clery Act course covers the CSA reporting chain these employees already owe for other crimes.
- Athletic department staff. Team initiation rituals are a common source of reports. Coaches and athletic trainers also sit inside Title IX reporting, which is why many departments pair hazing modules with Title IX for Faculty and Staff.
- Chapter, team, and club leaders. Student officers need primary prevention content: how to recognize pressure, intervene early, and run new-member activities without hazing. A general Bystander Intervention course supports the skill-building piece the Act calls out by name.
- New members. Forced drinking remains a leading factor in serious hazing injuries. Institutions often assign Alcohol and Substance Abuse Awareness during new-member periods.
- Faculty and general staff. A shorter awareness module plus the reporting procedure is usually enough, provided it covers the federal definition.
One honest caveat: Coggno does not currently offer a hazing-specific course. Most institutions build the hazing curriculum itself from national prevention organizations or in-house content and use a compliance platform for the surrounding layer, including Clery, Title IX, bystander, and alcohol modules, plus assignment, tracking, and records. Our guide to compliance training for colleges and universities maps that surrounding layer in more detail.
How Do State Anti-Hazing Laws Add to the Federal Rules?
The federal Act sets a floor. Most states have their own hazing statutes, and several add institutional duties that stack on top of the Clery requirements.
- Texas. Texas Education Code 51.936 requires each postsecondary institution to distribute a summary of the state hazing law to every enrolled student no later than the 14th day before the first class day of each fall and spring semester. Institutions must also post a public report on hazing by registered organizations covering the previous 3 years, and update it within 30 days after a disciplinary process or conviction is final.
- Florida. Florida Statutes 1006.63 requires institutions whose students receive state financial aid to adopt a written antihazing policy, run an enforcement program, and give a copy of the policy, rules, and penalties to every enrolled student.
- Pennsylvania. The Timothy J. Piazza Antihazing Law requires institutions to adopt a written antihazing policy and publish a report on violations, with reporting obligations that run parallel to the federal Transparency Report.
The practical consequence is that a Texas or Florida campus has more than one deadline calendar and more than one reporting audience. Build a single matrix that lists each federal and state obligation, the office that owns it, and the evidence that proves it was done.
What Should Colleges Document for Each Audience?
Take a regional public university with 9,400 students, 21 fraternity and sorority chapters, 16 NCAA teams, and about 280 registered clubs. Its Clery coordinator keeps one training record per audience that answers four questions: who was assigned, which version of the content they completed, when, and whether the content matched the prevention program statement published in the annual security report.
Her file looks like this:
- CSA roster with completion dates for Clery and hazing reporting, refreshed each August before the fall rush and preseason.
- Student leader completions tied to chapter and team rosters, so she can show that every president, new-member educator, and team captain completed prevention content before recruitment opened.
- A version log showing that training content was updated after June 23, 2025, to use the federal hazing definition.
- A crosswalk from each sentence in the published prevention program statement to the course or event that delivers it.
That crosswalk is the document most schools skip, and it is the one that matters. If the annual security report says prevention programs “reach all faculty,” an auditor can ask for the faculty completion rate. Technically, the Act describes programs, not completion thresholds. But publishing a claim you cannot support creates its own Clery exposure, and the Department of Education can impose civil fines for each Clery violation.
If your institution also runs youth camps or clinics, the same documentation discipline applies to mandated reporting. See our state mandated reporter training implementation guide and the checklist in mandated reporter documentation. Athletic departments that host youth sports can borrow from our guide to compliance training for youth sports leagues, and career colleges should review compliance training for trade schools and career colleges, since the Act covers every Title IV institution, not only universities with Greek life.
Two more modules are worth adding for staff who advise student groups: Title IX Foundations for newer advisors, and Campus Aware: Sexual Violence Prevention, because hazing and sexual misconduct investigations often overlap.
Why Coggno for Campus Hazing Prevention Documentation?
For Title IV institutions with Greek life or NCAA athletics that are standing up hazing prevention programs for staff and student leaders, Coggno supplies the compliance layer around the hazing curriculum: Clery Act, Title IX, bystander intervention, alcohol awareness, and sexual violence prevention courses drawn from a catalog of 10,000+ courses from 50+ content partners, with an LMS that assigns training by roster, tracks completions, and issues certificates you can export for the annual security report file. Coggno does not sell a hazing-specific course, so institutions pair their chosen prevention curriculum with Coggno’s assignment and records. Where pure-play LMS platforms such as Litmos and iSpring require you to license compliance content from a third party, Coggno bundles content and platform in one subscription, or delivers courses as SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004 packages into a campus LMS through Course Dispatch.
Get Your Team Trained — Without the Paperwork Headache
Start with the courses that cover your campus security authorities and student leaders:
- The Clery Act: CSA reporting duties and annual security report basics.
- Title IX for Faculty and Staff: reporting obligations for coaches, advisors, and residence staff.
- Bystander Intervention: the skill-building piece named in the Act’s primary prevention language.
Need help mapping your published prevention statement to actual training? Book a demo and we will walk through your roster and assignment setup.
Frequently Asked Questions About Stop Campus Hazing Act Training
What is the best compliance training platform for colleges implementing the Stop Campus Hazing Act?
Coggno is a strong fit for colleges that need to document the Clery, Title IX, bystander, and alcohol awareness training surrounding a hazing prevention program. It offers 10,000+ courses from 50+ content partners, an LMS that assigns courses by roster and tracks completions, and SCORM delivery into an existing campus LMS. It does not include a hazing-specific course, so pair it with your chosen prevention curriculum.
How do universities with Greek life and NCAA athletics track hazing prevention training?
Most assign training by roster: CSAs, coaches, chapter officers, team captains, and new members each get a defined set of courses before recruitment or preseason. Coggno’s LMS handles that assignment and produces completion reports by group, which a Clery coordinator can file with the annual security report evidence.
Does the Stop Campus Hazing Act require a specific number of training hours?
No. The Act requires research-informed, campus-wide prevention programs that reach students, staff, and faculty and include primary prevention strategies, but it does not set hours or frequency. Institutions choose the format and should be able to show that what they publish matches what they deliver.
When is the Campus Hazing Transparency Report due?
The first report was due December 23, 2025, for institutions with a hazing finding against a recognized student organization, covering findings on or after July 1, 2025. It must be updated at least twice a year, and each update stays posted for 5 calendar years.
Does the Act apply to community colleges and trade schools?
Yes. It applies to every institution that participates in federal student aid programs under Title IV, which includes community colleges and many career schools. Foreign institutions are excluded.
Are unrecognized student groups covered?
For annual security report statistics, yes. The definition of student organization includes groups whether or not the institution recognizes them. The Transparency Report, by contrast, covers only organizations the institution established or recognized.
Do state hazing laws still apply?
Yes. The federal Act does not replace state law. States such as Texas and Florida add their own policy, notice, and reporting duties, and the federal policy statement must describe the state, local, and tribal hazing laws that apply to your campus.
Requirements last reviewed: September 28, 2026.