Feds: Va. Tech waited too long to issue warning

Published December 9, 2010 5:00am ET



The U.S. Department of Education says Virginia Tech broke federal law by waiting too long to warn students about a gunman during the April 2007 massacre at the university.

The department issued its final report on the incident Thursday. It said Virginia Tech violated the Clery Act, which governs the information colleges must disclose about campus crime. The university could face fines or lose federal aid.

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