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SOC Comments On Proposed Minger Act Regulations (9/27/00)

SOC Comments On Revised Regulations (11/21/00)

Dorm fire snuffed out a life that promised so much (The Kentucky Post; 9/29/98)

The Michael Minger Act is a Kentucky state law that requires public colleges and universities as well as private institutions licensed by the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) to report campus crimes to their employees, students and the public on a timely basis.

The law requires a public crime log recording incidents known to campus police and other campus officials, as well as special reports when there is an ongoing threat to the safety of students and employees.

Schools must also report their crime statistics annually to the CPE which has responsibility for developing formats for reporting crime statistics and for ensuring that annual reports are received from the institutions.

The State Fire Marshal is granted access to the property of any institution that is covered by the Michael Minger Act for the purpose of inspection, investigation, or any other action necessary to prevent fire loss or to determine the origin of any fire.

Campus officials must also immediately report each fire or threat of fire to the state fire marshal's office and local authorities. School officials that violate the law may be fined up to $1,500, be imprisoned in their county jail for up to 30 days, or both.

This law was championed by Gail Minger after her son Michael was killed in an arson fire at Murray State University on September 18, 1998. The school had kept information about an earlier arson fire in Minger's residence hall from students and their parents. The law took effect July 14, 2000.

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