---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 1161l–1"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "1161l–1"
heading: "Model emergency response policies, procedures, and practices"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/1161l-1"
units:
  - "Chapter 28 — Higher Education Resources and Student Assistance"
  - "Subchapter IX — Additional Programs"
  - "Part L — Student Safety and Campus Emergency Management"
---

# §1161l–1. Model emergency response policies, procedures, and practices


The [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17), in consultation with the Attorney General and the [Secretary](/usc/20/1003.md?p=17) of Homeland Security, shall continue to—

- (1) advise institutions of higher education on model emergency response policies, procedures, and practices; and
- (2) disseminate information concerning those policies, procedures, and practices.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–329, title VIII, § 822, as added Pub. L. 110–315, title VIII, § 801, Aug. 14, 2008, 122 Stat. 3410.)