Federal Student Aid opened a Clery Act review of UC Berkeley after a violent November 10 protest, citing concerns over campus safety reporting and past violations.
Berkley, CA. — The U.S. Department of Education has opened a focused review of the University of California, Berkeley after a Turning Point USA event on November 10, 2025, erupted into a violent protest on campus. The review, led by the Department’s Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), will determine whether the university violated the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Act, a federal law that requires colleges receiving federal student aid to maintain and disclose accurate campus crime information and ensure appropriate safety procedures.
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the Department is concerned that UC Berkeley failed to prevent the event from becoming unsafe. “Just two months after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was brutally assassinated on a college campus, UC Berkeley allowed a protest of a Turning Point USA event on its grounds to turn unruly and violent, jeopardizing the safety of its students and staff,” McMahon said. She emphasized that the review is focused on compliance with campus safety and crime-reporting requirements, not on restricting peaceful protest.
The Department noted Berkeley’s prior history of Clery Act violations. In 2020, the university paid a $2.4 million fine under a settlement for misclassifying more than 1,100 crimes and failing to maintain adequate public crime logs. As part of that agreement, UC Berkeley committed to retraining staff, revising safety policies, and submitting updated crime statistics; the Department continues to monitor its compliance through periodic site visits…