The Jeanne Clery Act

​

Summary, reporting requirements, and Clery Center resources

 

The Clery Act requires colleges and universities to report campus crime data, support victims of violence, and publicly outline the policies and procedures they have put into place to improve campus safety.

​

The Clery Act is a consumer protection law that aims to provide transparency around campus crime policy and statistics.

​

In order to comply with Clery Act requirements, colleges and universities must understand what the law entails, where their responsibilities lie, and what they can do to actively foster campus safety.

 

You can read the full text of the Clery Act at the Federal Register here.

 

Below, we have compiled nearly 30 years of Clery Act policy into simple requirement categories for institutions of higher education along with resource suggestions for implementation on your campus.

​

Clery Act Requirements & Resources

​

Annual Security Reporting

 

The Clery Act requires colleges and universities that receive federal funding to disseminate a public annual security report (ASR) to employees and students every October 1st. This ASR must include statistics of campus crime for the preceding 3 calendar years, plus details about efforts taken to improve campus safety.

​

ASRs must also include policy statements regarding (but not limited to) crime reporting, campus facility security and access, law enforcement authority, the incidence of alcohol and drug use, and the prevention of/response to sexual assault, domestic or dating violence, and stalking.

​

Crime Categories 

​

Institutions of higher education must include four distinct categories of crime in their ASR crime data.

​

Criminal Offenses

• Criminal homicide: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, manslaughter by negligence

• Sexual assault: rape, fondling, incest, statutory rape

• Robbery

• Aggravated assault

• Burglary

• Motor vehicle theft

• Arson

 

Hate Crimes (any of the above-mentioned offenses, and any incidents of)

• Larceny-theft

• Simple assault

• Intimidation

• Destruction/damage/vandalism of property

• ​

VAWA Offenses

• Domestic violence

• Dating violence

• Stalking

 

Arrests and Referrals for Disciplinary Action

• Weapons law violations

• Drug abuse violations

• Liquor law violations

​

Crime Reporting Geography and Availability

​

Clery Act crime reporting is not strictly limited to events that occur on campus or within campus buildings and residences. Institutions must include statistics for a crime that occur in any of these geographic areas:

• On-campus (anywhere)

• On-campus student housing

• Public property within campus bounds

• Public property immediately adjacent to the campus

• Noncampus buildings and property owned or controlled by the organization that is used for educational purposes and frequently used by students but not a part of the core campus, or those owned or controlled by a student organization officially recognized by the institution

 

Wherever crimes occur, campus police and public safety departments must maintain a daily crime log of all reported crimes that fall within their jurisdiction. This crime log must be made available to the public during daily business hours.

​

Annual Security Reports

Disclaimer: J. D. Williams, Sr. Bible Institute does not accept Title IV funds at this time, but hopes to do so in the future. We have applied for candidate status with The Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE) Commission on Accreditation and the school is not required to report crimes related to its campus and controlled properties. 

​