Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act)

Choosing a postsecondary institution is a major decision for students and their families. Along with academic, financial, and geographic considerations, the issue of campus safety is a vital concern. In 1990, Congress enacted the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990 (Title II of Public Law 101-542), which amended the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA). This act required all postsecondary institutions participating in the HEA’s Title IV student financial assistance programs to disclose campus crime statistics and security information. The 1998 amendments renamed the law the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act in memory of a student who was slain in her dorm room in 1986. It is generally referred to as the Clery Act. 

The Clery Act and related regulations provide requirements for campus crime classification and reporting, crime prevention and response, and campus safety policy and procedure that create transparency between higher education institutions and their students and employees. The Office of Federal Student Aid division of the US Department of Education enforces the consumer-protection law. 

The requirements of the Clery Act are supported by explicit and consistently enforced policy; informed by critical processes that utilize research, data, and audit findings; and built on institutional buy-in and commitment. The Ethics and Compliance Program manages the University’s Clery compliance program. The Program identifies adequate campus partners to administer applications and develops strategic initiatives to identify and resolve compliance discrepancies.

Components of the program include but are not limited to:

• Identifying, notifying, and training Campus Security Authorities;
• Assessing crimes and, if warranted, publishing timely warnings;
• Disclosing the campus’ safety and security policies and criminal statistical data;
• Publishing the institution’s Annual Security and Fire Safety Report; and
• Working with campus partners to implement campus-wide safety initiatives.

UC Interim System-wide Clery Act Policy

Campus Safety Plan

UC Santa Cruz prepares this report in compliance with California State Education Code, Chapter 15.5, of the Donahoe Higher Education Act, Section 67380 and it includes the following information:

• The availability and location of security personnel and the methods for summoning assistance of security personnel;
• Any special safeguards that have been established for particular facilities or activities;
• Any actions taken in the preceding 18 months to increase safety;
• Any changes in safety precautions expected to be made during the next 24 months; and
• Occurrences and arrests for Part 1 violent crimes, sexual assault, hate crimes, non-criminal hate violence, theft, destruction of property, illegal drugs, and alcohol intoxication committed on campus.

View Campus Safety Plan