California was the first state to implement a “yes means yes” — or affirmative consent — policy, which regulates how students engage in sexual activity. Now the state wants to allow community colleges to expel students for sexual misconduct even if the accuser isn’t a student and the alleged incident occurred off-campus.

This would bring community colleges — which generally have fewer resources — in line with traditional four-year universities in California, which already abide by this law. Currently, community colleges must expel or suspend a student only if the behavior was directly related to college activities.