The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, codified in 1990 as the Federal Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act, is part of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The Clery Act is a federal law that requires colleges and universities to disclose certain timely and annual information about crime that takes place on and around their campuses as well as to publish security policies. All public and private post-secondary educational institutions participating in federal student aid programs are subject to this law.