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H.R. 5735, The Virginia Tech Victims Campus Emergency Response Policy and Notification Act

  • This item is from the 110th Congress (2007-2008) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.

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H.R. 5735 would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to disclose their emergency response and evacuation procedures.

== Detailed Summary ==

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(LogVirginia Tech Victims Campus Emergency Response Policy and Notification Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require schools participating in title IV student assistance programs to edit the wikiinclude current campus policies regarding immediate emergency response and be the firstevacuation procedures in their required annual security reports to provide a detailed summary of the bill!)current and prospective students and staff.

Requires such procedures to include: (1) notifying students and staff within 30 minutes after confirmation that an emergency exists on campus or public property; and (2) testing such procedures annually.

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== Status of the Legislation ==

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Latest Major Action: 4/9/2008: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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