The Clery Act

The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act) is a federal law that requires institutions of higher education to comply with certain campus safety and security related requirements as a condition of their participation in federal financial aid programs authorized under Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended.

UTA is required to publish an Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report (the Report) to keep both prospective students and employees informed regarding campus crime and UTA’s safety and security related policies and procedures. The compilation of this Report is a collaborative effort between the UTA Police Department (UTAPD), The Title IX Office, The Environmental Health & Safety Office (EH&S), The Office of Emergency Management (OEM), The Division of Student Affairs, and The Office of Human Resources, and is coordinated and published by UTA’s Office of Legal Affairs.

The UTA Police Department website maintains more information on the Clery Act.

Learn more about the Clery Act

Campus Security Authorities

The Report discloses crime statistics for CLERY CRIMES occurring in UTA’s CLERY GEOGRAPHY that have been reported to a UTA Campus Security Authority (CSA). The following are considered CSAs: (1) UTA’s police and security departments and any other individual who has a responsibility for campus security; (2) individuals or departments UTA specifies in its campus security policies as individuals or departments to which students and employees should report crimes; and (3) UTA officials who have significant responsibility for student and campus activities.

The campus community is encouraged to report all crimes to the UTAPD. When CSAs become aware of Clery crimes in situations where the involvement of the UTAPD is not applicable, they may still report the crime directly to the UTAPD or via the online CSA Incident Report Form. These measures will ensure all Clery crimes are included in UTA’s annual disclosure of crime statistics.

The Office of Legal Affairs will identify UTA’s CSAs every semester to remind CSAs of their responsibilities under the Clery Act. In addition, CSAs will receive annual CSA training as part of their employee compliance training. If you have any questions or concerns about your role as a CSA, please contact the Office of Legal Affairs.

UTA Student Group Overnight Travel

As part of the compliance requirements of the Clery Act, UTA is responsible for tracking all overnight travel that involves student activities at UTA, whether that travel is done as part of the students’ membership in a student organization, part of a Study Abroad program, travel through an academic unit, or travel through an Athletics program.

To that end, ALL travel involving UTA students, which is done as part of UTA programming, must be recorded on the STUDENT GROUP TRAVEL FORM. This allows UTA to determine whether any CLERY CRIMES occurred at the locations where the students travel, which may be reportable on UTA’s Annual Campus Security and Fire Safety Report.

It is the responsibility of any UTA employee that is sponsoring or leading the student travel to fill out the STUDENT GROUP TRAVEL FORM. This is the same form that Student Organizations, Study Abroad, Athletics, and academic units are responsible for filling out for student travel, so if you have already filled the form out for one of those areas, you do not need to fill it out again here.