(a)
(1) On or before January 1, 2004, and every three years thereafter, the State Auditor shall report the results of an audit of a sample of not less than six institutions of postsecondary education in California that receive federal student aid, to evaluate the accuracy of their statistics and the procedures used by the institutions to identify, gather, and track data for publishing, disseminating, and reporting accurate crime statistics in compliance with the requirements of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1092 (f)(1) and (5)).
(2)
The results of the annual audits described in paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the respective chairs of the Assembly Higher Education Committee and the Senate Education Committee.
(b)
The California Postsecondary Education Commission shall provide on its Internet Web site a link to the Internet Web site of each California institution of higher education that includes on that Web site the institution’s criminal statistics information.
(c)
The Legislature finds and declares that institutions of higher education that are subject to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1092(f)(1) and (5)), should establish and publicize a policy that allows victims or witnesses to report crimes to the campus police department or to a specified campus security authority, on a voluntary, confidential, or anonymous basis.