Higher Education Act Addresses Campus Safety and Security
The grant program initially did not make any provisions specifically for physical security investments, but through hard work by the Security Industry Association (SIA), Alexandria, Va., the legislation signed into law was revised to allow colleges and universities to use grant funds for the “acquisition and installation of access control, video surveillance, intrusion detection, and perimeter security technologies and systems.”
“SIA advocated a holistic approach to campus safety, but the original bill did not provide for physical security in the grant program, leaving a major piece missing,” Don Erickson, SIA’s director of government relations, pointed out.