 |
| Sexual
Offender Registration |
| The Jacob Wetterling
Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender
Registration Act set the requirements for sexual offender
registration and community notification. The Campus Sex
Crimes Prevention Act of 2000 provides for the tracking of
convicted sex offenders enrolled at, or employed by,
institutions of higher education. It requires sex offenders,
already required to register in a state, to provide notice of
each institution of higher education in that state at which
that person is employed, carries on a vocation, or is a
student. This registration is to be made available to law
enforcement agencies with jurisdiction where the institutions
of higher education are located. Institutions of higher
education are required to issue a statement advising the
campus community where law enforcement agency information,
provided by the state concerning registered sex offenders, may
be obtained. This will be a requirement within the
institution's annual security report, effective October 1,
2003. |
| The Act amends The
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) to
clarify that nothing in the Act can prohibit an educational
institution from disclosing information provided to the
institution concerning registered sex offenders. |
| Persons seeking to
obtain sex offender registration information may contact the
Lehigh University Police Department at 610-758-4200, Bethlehem
Police Department at 610-865-7187, or the PA State Police web
site at www.psp.state.pa.us. |
 | |
|
