The Department of Education announced Monday that it will conduct a program review of Brown University over its handling of a school shooting on its campus earlier this month that killed two students and wounded nine others.

The investigation will look into whether the school violated Section 485 of the Higher Education Act, also known as the Clery Act, which requires colleges and universities to meet campus safety and security-related requirements in order to receive federal student aid. 

The department highlighted allegations that the university's campus surveillance and security system were not up to appropriate standards at the time of the shooting, and that its emergency notifications about the active shooter were delayed.

“After two students were horrifically murdered at Brown University when a shooter opened fire in a campus building, the Department is initiating a review of Brown to determine if it has upheld its obligation under the law to vigilantly maintain campus security,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement. 

“Students deserve to feel safe at school, and every university across this nation must protect their students and be equipped with adequate resources to aid law enforcement," she continued. "The Trump Administration will fight to ensure that recipients of federal funding are vigorously protecting students’ safety and following security procedures as required under federal law.” 

The department has asked the university to provide the original copies of its 2024 and 2025 Annual Security Reports, an “audit trail” showing all incidents of crime and arrests from 2021-2024 and a list of all timely warnings and emergency notifications issued by the university during calendar years 2021-2025, among other things by January 30.

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