Campus Safety Advocate Looks for Input
After helping lay the groundwork for legislation aimed at keeping college students safe, fire safety advocate Ed Comeau is now helping lead the way as it moves closer to becoming reality.
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The Right-to-Know Act, passed as part of the Higher Education Opportunity Act, was introduced in 2000 by Congressman Bill Pascrell (NJ) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (NJ) to help students and their parents know as much as possible about how fire-safe college campuses around the country are.
The legislation was signed into law last August, but, Comeau says, "that's only half the battle."
Comeau helped draft the original language of the legislation 8 years ago, and now he is part of a Department of Education committee charged with making it as easy as possible for U.S. colleges to understand and put into use.
As he and other committee members go about creating the language for the act, they want as much input as he can get -- from college campuses, from the fire community, and from the community at large.
He has created a Wiki page and set up a Google group so that people can add any input and suggestions online.
"I am just one person," he said.
"My goal is to help create regulations that are workable for the school. I want to make them an accurate reflection of the level of fire safety, but also make it efficient."
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