HR 3551 114th Congress House Education Area studies and international education Assault and harassment offenses Consumer affairs Crime prevention Crimes against women Criminal justice information and records Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Higher education School administration Sex offenses Student aid and college costs Violent crime

Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act

Introduced: September 17, 2015 See on congress.gov

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Mar 23, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Sep 17, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Sep 17, 2015

Introduced in House

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Ravi Thackurdeen Safe Students Study Abroad Act

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify campus security reporting requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs.

Currently, an IHE must annually report data to the Department of Education on certain criminal offenses that occur in the following geographic categories: on campus, on campus in a residential facility, on noncampus property, and on public property. This bill expands the geographic categories of reportable offenses to also include crimes that occur while a student is participating in an approved study abroad program.

Additionally, it requires an IHE to develop and distribute, as part of its annual security report provided to students and employees, a statement that it has adopted and implemented a program to protect students participating in an approved study abroad program from crime and harm.

What's happening now March 23, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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