The U.S. Department of Education is fining Penn State University $2.4 million over its failure to follow federal requirements for keeping crime logs following an investigation sparked by the Jerry Sandusky case, BuzzFeed News reports. Sandusky, the school's former assistant football coach, was convicted in 2012 on 45 counts related to his molestation of young boys over a number of years.
Penn State was fined for violations of the Clery Act, which requires schools to keep track of crimes on campus as well as disclose those crimes and publish reports about threats to student safety. Before the Penn State penalty, the biggest Clery Act fine was $350,000 paid by Eastern Michigan University.
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