Article: Senate passes Specter-Kennedy amendment to improve campus security standards. (Arlen Specter, Edward Kennedy)

SENATE PASSES SPECTER-KENNEDY AMENDMENT

TO IMPROVE CAMPUS SECURITY STANDARDS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- As violent crime on the nation's college campuses continues to escalate, the Senate last night passed an amendment co-sponsored by U.S. Sens. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) and Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) to improve campus security standards and awareness nationwide.

Last year, Specter sponsored S. 1925, the "Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1989," which was based on a Pennsylvania law enacted in 1988 that requires all colleges and universities to report campus crime statistics to students, faculty, campus employees ...

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