Yesterday morning’s Enquirer notes four bills introduced in Congress spurred by the deaths last month of three Miami University students in a house fire off-campus.
H.R 128 would “establish a demonstration incentive program within the Dept. of Education to
promote installation of fire sprinkler systems in student housing & dormitories.”
S.B. 512 and H.R. 1131 together propose tax incentives for the installation on sprinkler systems
H.R. 2637 seeks to provide for disclosure of fire safety standards and measures with respect to campus
buildings
H.Res. 15 seeks to name September as Campus Fire Safety Month.
“More than 75 college or university students have been killed in housing fires since the year 2000,” the article quotes the Center for Campus Fire Safety; Ohio leading the way with 12. Indiana has had seven, and Kentucky two.
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