The COREY Safety Act requires colleges and universities to be more transparent about accidents and injuries that happen on campus. Right now, schools publish annual security reports focused mainly on crimes, but this bill expands those reports to include detailed statistics about accidents that cause serious injury or death—things like transportation accidents (involving cars, bikes, scooters, etc.), falls from various heights, overdoses, drowning, and choking incidents.

The bill also requires colleges to describe any plans they have to fix dangerous facilities that have caused injuries or deaths, and to list the nearest trauma centers and hospitals with their addresses and distances from campus. This information needs to be published on the school's public website in clear, easy-to-understand language so students and families can actually read and understand it—not buried in confusing jargon.

Essentially, this gives prospective and current students, along with their families, much better information about what kinds of accidents happen at a college and how the school is responding to safety hazards. The goal is to help people make informed decisions about which school to attend and to encourage colleges to take accident prevention more seriously.

COREY Safety Act of 2023

Courtney, Joe

College Operational Reporting of Emergencies involving teens and Young adults Safety Act of 2023 or the COREY Safety Act of 2023This bill expands reporting requirements included in the annual security report provided to current and prospective students and employees of each institution of higher education (IHE).Specifically, the bill requires each IHE to include in its report statistics concerning the occurrence on campus of accidents that result in serious physical injury or death in the following categories:<ul><li>transportation on foot or via bikes, scooters, skateboards, longboards, or motor vehicles;</li><li>slips and falls, in the aggregate and from low heights, mid heights, and high heights;</li><li>alcohol or drug overdoses;</li><li>choking or drowning;</li><li>any other specific category of accidents identified by the IHE; and</li><li>all other accidents.</li></ul>The IHE must also include in the report (1) a description of any plans to address deficient or dangerous facilities on campus that have caused serious physical injury or death; and (2) a statement containing the names, addresses, and distances from campus of the closest trauma centers or other hospitals.Additionally, the bill changes the name of the report from annual security report to annual campus safety report.Further, the bill requires the annual report to be published on the IHE's public website. The report must be written and organized in a manner that is easily understandable by students and families.The Department of Education must issue guidance to IHEs regarding the implementation of this bill. &nbsp; &nbsp;