February 18, 2008

College Officials Contest Proposed 30-Minute Requirement for Emergency Notification

By Sara Lipka

Clearwater Beach, Fla.

A proposed requirement that colleges warn students and employees of emergencies within 30 minutes has yet to become law. But the prospect that it might prompted sharp rebuke from campus police chiefs and other administrators here over the weekend, at a conference on higher-education law sponsored by Stetson University and Naspa—Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.

Many college officials expressed extreme frustration with the proposed 30-minute rule, a provision