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RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Tech University should pay a maximum $55,000 fine for violating federal law by waiting too long to notify students during a 2007 shooting rampage, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.
Department officials said in a letter to the school that the sanction should have been greater. The $55,000 fine was the most the department could levy for Tech’s two violations of the federal Clery Act, which requires timely reporting of crimes on campus.
A university spokesman said Virginia Tech would appeal the decision.
