Office of Origin:  Student Affairs
Responsibility:  Vice President, Student Affairs
Original Date Adopted:  9-23-14
Dates Reviewed:  12-02-17, 3-16-21, 3-30-23, 7-19-23(C)
Date Approved by Board:  5-17-17, 8-20-24

In compliance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act); this policy describes the actions taken by Lake Michigan College (“LMC” or “the College”) when a student residing on-campus or living off-campus has been reported missing to the Associate Director of Residence Life; Executive Director, Intercollegiate Athletics and Campus Life; or the Vice President of Student Affairs.

Students will be asked to provide emergency contact information during the admissions application process. Upon move-in to on-campus housing, students regardless of age, can provide information to the College of a missing person contact(s) in addition to an emergency contact (which can be different individuals if the resident chooses) via the housing application and their housing account. This option will be offered to residents annually and can be updated at any time. When a housing or College administrator is informed that a resident of on-campus housing is reported missing, they are required to notify local law enforcement and/or LMC’s Campus Officer as well as individuals listed as a missing person and/or emergency contact(s) for the resident within 24 hours of the determination.

Students living in on-campus housing who are under 18 (who are not emancipated) are informed that the College is required to notify a custodial parent or guardian as well as any additional contact person designated by the student within 24 hours after the time the student is determined to be missing. These students are required to identify and provide contact information for their custodial parent or guardian.

For students not living on campus and reported missing, a college administrator will notify individuals if they list emergency contacts for the student within 24 hours, that was submitted via their admissions application.

Missing person and/or emergency contact information is recorded confidentially, only accessible to authorized campus officials, and is disclosed only to law enforcement personnel in support of a missing persons investigation.

References:
Higher Education Opportunity Act (34 CFR 668.46(b)(14))
Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act)
LMC’s Clery Act Policy
LMC’s Missing Student Notification Procedure
LMC’s Housing Handbook