—The warning would have reached more students and employees and “may have saved lives” if it had been sent before the 9:05 a.m. classes began.
—That Tech’s warning policy — which is required under the Clery Act — was vague and did not provide the campus with the types of events that would warrant a warning, who would deliver it or how it would be transmitted.
—The university’s process for issuing a warning was complicated and not well understood even by senior officials.
The financial impact for Tech is not decided. An expert on the federal Clery Act said loss of federal aid is unlikely.
Carter said reviews based on the law are relatively rare and that the Virginia Tech review was the 35th in two decades.
No school has ever lost federal funding, and the largest fine to be levied was $350,000 against Eastern Michigan University for failing to report the rape and murder of a student in a dormitory in 2006.
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