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‘( J ) A state m ent of c urrent campus policies regarding immediate emergency response and e v acuation procedures , including the use of electronic and cellular communication (if appropriate), which policies shall include procedures to — ‘‘(i) immediately notify the campus community upon the confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or staff occurring on the campus, as defined in paragraph ( 6 ), unless issuing a notification will compromise efforts to contain the emergency ‘‘(ii) publici z e emergency response and evacuation procedures on an annual basis in a manner designed to reach students and staff; and ‘‘(iii) test emergency response and evacuation procedures on an annual basis .’ ’; ( 2 ) by redesignating paragraph ( 15 ) as paragraph (1 8 ); and ( 3 ) by inserting after paragraph (1 4 ) the following: ‘‘(15) T he S ecretary shall annually report to the authorizing committees regarding compliance with this subsection by institutions of higher education, including an up-to-date report on the Secretary’s monitoring of such compliance. ‘‘(16) The Secretary may see k the advice and counsel of the Attorney G eneral concerning the development, and dissemi- nation to institutions of higher education, of best practices information about campus safety and emergencies. ‘‘(1 7 ) N othing in this subsection shall be construed to permit an institution, or an officer, employee, or agent of an institution, participating in any program under this title to retaliate, intimidate, threaten, coerce, or otherwise discriminate against any individual with respect to the implementation of any provision of this subsection.’’. (f) REPORT .—Section 485(g)(4) (2 0U .S. C . 10 9 2(g)(4)) is amended— (1) by striking subparagraph ( B ); (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subpara- graphs (B) and (C), respectively; (3) in subparagraph (B) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), by striking ‘‘and the report to Congress described in subparagraph (B)’’; and (4) in subparagraph (C) (as redesignated by paragraph (2)), by striking ‘‘the information reported under subparagraph (B) and’’. (g) A D D I TIO NAL RE QU IRE M ENT S .—Section 485 (20 U.S.C. 1092) is further amended by adding at the end the following new sub- sections: ‘‘(h) TRANS F ER OF CREDIT P OLI C IES.— ‘‘(1) DISCLOSURE.— E ach institution of higher education participating in any program under this title shall publicly disclose, in a readable and comprehensible manner, the transfer of credit policies established by the institution which shall include a statement of the institution’s current transfer of credit policies that includes, at a minimum— Deadlin e .R e ports .

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