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Virginia university didn’t know of student’s conviction before campus shooting, report says
['Kyle Scott']
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Law enforcement officials did not inform a Virginia university of the terrorism-related conviction of a student who went on to open fire in an ROTC class in March, a report released Tuesday found.
Virginia restricts the questions a university can ask studentsState law prohibited the university from inquiring about student criminal history before admission or readmission, according to the report.
The university, which does not conduct background checks on admitted students, can ask readmitted students to voluntarily disclose their criminal history but did not at the time, the report said.
That’s part of why the university “had no knowledge of the risk Jalloh posed or his federal terrorism conviction,” the report said.
“Given that Virginia law requires universities to rely on student self-disclosure, it is even more important that other law enforcement agencies ensure that information that universities need to know to safeguard their students is shared with universities.