Students accused of campus sexual assault deserve a meaningful chance to defend themselves, which is why a due process rights group is petitioning members of the Senate over federal directives surrounding the issue.

Stop Abusive and Violent Environments has created a petition on Change.org that would be sent to Sens. Lamar Alexander and Patty Murray (chairman and ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee, respectively). The petition calls on the senators and other members of the committee to “rein in the federal Office for Civil Rights” when reauthorizing the Higher Education Act.