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N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The University of Jamestown could be required to pay $210,000 in fines for violating the Clery Act by the U.S. Department of Education.

Created in 1990, 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. The ASR must include statistics of campus crime for the preceding 3 calendar years, plus details about efforts taken to improve campus safety.

“On August 16th, 2016, the U.S. Department of Education issued a Program Review Report regarding the University of Jamestown’s 2013, 2014, and 2015 compliance with the requirements of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security and Campus Crime Statistics Act,” the university states in their official statement.

The Department of Education addressed the compliance issues in a letter to the University of Jamestown President Dr. Robert Badal. The University will have until October 20th to decide if it will appeal the fine.

“Many of the Clery Act findings identified in this report were procedural or clerical in nature, such as missing reporting deadlines or misinterpretation of the regulation. After retaining a consultant, the University submitted what was reported as an “acceptable response” on October 14th, 2016.”

University of Jamestown VP of Marketing and Communications Tena Lawrence stated that the safety of students is of the utmost importance to the University.

“The University places student safety as an important priority and takes the violations identified seriously. On October 1, 2017 the current Annual Security and Fire Safety Report has been properly published on the University’s web site as required,” she says in the statement.