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Operating Policy and Procedure

OP 76.02: Annual Crime Reporting – Clery Act Compliance

DATE: June 13, 2023

PURPOSE: The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, part of the Federal Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and as further amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA), and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (collectively known as the “Clery Act”) requires that colleges and universities participating in federal student aid programs gather and report to the campus community and the federal government statistics for certain crimes that occur on or near campuses and publish policy statements concerning campus safety and security. The Clery Act also requires that such institutions have policies in place to take certain actions when circumstances prescribe that those actions are required. The purpose of this Operating Policy/Procedure (OP) is to ensure that Texas Tech University is in compliance with the Clery Act.

REVIEW: This OP will be reviewed in December of odd-numbered years by the Texas Tech University Clery Compliance Officer, Assistant Vice President for Compliance and Title IX, and the System Office of General Counsel with substantive revisions forwarded to the University President.

POLICY/PROCEDURE

1.  Annual crime reporting and Clery Act compliance is governed by Texas Tech University System Regulation 07.05, which can be found here.

2.  The positions of TTU Clery Compliance Officer and Assistant Vice President for Compliance and Title IX for the TTU Main Campus, TTU Costa Rica, TTU at El Paso, TTU Higher Education Teaching Site at Fredericksburg, TTU Higher Education Teaching Site at Highland Lakes, TTU Higher Education Teaching Site at Hill College, TTU Jefferson Professional Education & Academic Advising, TTU Center at Junction, TTU Higher Education Teaching Site at Rockwall, TTU Center in Sevilla Spain, TTU School of Veterinary Medicine, and TTU Higher Education Teaching Site at Waco locations are as follows:

3.  The following additional resources are available:

4.  The following outside agencies are available as additional resources:

a.    Nothing in this OP or the incorporated regulations shall limit an individual from seeking assistance or filing a complaint with an outside agency.

b.    Law Enforcement Agencies:

AUTHORITATIVE REFERENCES

• Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 (VAWA)
• Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act
• Federal Higher Education Act of 1965
• Higher Education Opportunity ACT (HEOA)

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