Report 2020-032 Recommendation 7 Responses

Report 2020-032: Clery Act: Some California Colleges and Universities Are Not Accurately Reporting Campus Crime Statistics and Safety Policies as Federal Law Requires (Release Date: May 2021)

Recommendation #7 To: Alliant International University

To ensure that all security policies are included in its annual security report, Alliant should, by November 2021, establish procedures requiring its staff to review all security policies for compliance with the Clery Act requirements, identify missing or inadequate policies, correct them, and ensure that they are disclosed to the public in compliance with federal law.

6-Month Agency Response

Alliant International University Executive Leadership team approved and issued a policy on September 27, 2021 with detailed procedures for development of the Annual Campus Security Report as well as to guide the coordination of efforts by the University in the process of identifying, investigating, and recording reportable crimes by members of the University Community and to guide the development of policies and procedures that support campus safety.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented

60-Day Agency Response

University Response

Alliant has updated our ASR with all required policy information and republished to our community as of June 24, 2021. The updated report has expanded descriptions of campus safety programming and sexual assault prevention programming and expanded descriptions of the disciplinary process used in sexual misconduct cases.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Partially Implemented

Although Alliant provided us a copy of its annual security report with updated security policies, it has not yet established procedures requiring its staff to review all security policies for compliance with the Clery Act requirements, identify missing or inadequate policies, correct them, and ensure that they are disclosed to the public in compliance with federal law. We include these steps in our recommendation to help ensure that Alliant maintains accurate security reports into the future, when its policies and reporting requirements may change.

All Recommendations in 2020-032

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.