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‘‘(E) Information about fire safety edu-
cation and training provided to students, fac-
ulty, and staff. 
‘‘(F) Information concerning fire safety at 
any housing facility owned or controlled by a 
fraternity, sorority, or student group that is 
recognized by the institution, including—
‘‘(i) information reported to the insti-
tution under paragraph (4); and 
‘‘(ii) a statement concerning whether 
and how the institution works with recog-
nized student fraternities and sororities, 
and other recognized student groups own-
ing or controlling housing facilities, to 
make each building and property owned or 
controlled by such fraternities, sororities, 
and groups more fire safe. 
‘‘(2) FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES, AND OTHER 
GROUPS.—Each institution participating in a pro-
gram under this title shall request each fraternity 
and sorority that is recognized by the institution, 
and any other student group that is recognized by 
the institution and that owns or controls housing fa-
cilities, to collect and report to the institution the in-
formation described in subparagraphs (A) through
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(E) of paragraph (1), as applied to the fraternity, 
sorority, or recognized student group, respectively, 
for each building and property owned or controlled 
by the fraternity, sorority, or group, respectively. 
‘‘(3) CURRENT INFORMATION TO CAMPUS COM-
MUNITY.—Each institution participating in any pro-
gram under this title shall establish and maintain a 
log, written in a form that can be easily understood, 
recording all on-campus fires, including the nature, 
date, time, and general location of each fire and all 
false fire alarms. All entries that are required pursu-
ant to this paragraph shall, except where disclosure 
of such information is prohibited by law, be open to 
public inspection, and each such institution shall 
make annual reports to the campus community on 
such fires and false fire alarms in a manner that will 
aid the prevention of similar occurrences. 
‘‘(4) REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY.—On an an-
nual basis, each institution participating in any pro-
gram under this title shall submit to the Secretary 
a copy of the statistics required to be made available 
under paragraph (1)(B). The Secretary shall—
‘‘(A) review such statistics;
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‘‘(B) make copies of the statistics sub-
mitted to the Secretary available to the public; 
and 
‘‘(C) in coordination with nationally recog-
nized fire organizations and representatives of 
institutions of higher education, identify exem-
plary fire safety policies, procedures, and prac-
tices and disseminate information concerning 
those policies, procedures, and practices that 
have proven effective in the reduction of cam-
pus fires. 
‘‘(5) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to authorize the 
Secretary to require particular policies, procedures, 
or practices by institutions of higher education with 
respect to fire safety. 
‘‘(6) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
term ‘campus’ has the meaning provided in sub-
section (f)(6).’’. 
SEC. 485. DISTANCE EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.—Section 486(b)(3) (20 
U.S.C. 1093(b)(3)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘section 
102(a)(1)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 102’’; and
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(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (a) of section 102, other than the require-
ment of paragraph (3)(A) or (3)(B) of such sub-
section,’’ and inserting ‘‘section 101, other than the 
requirements of subparagraph (A) or (B) of sub-
section (b)(4) of such section’’. 
(b) SELECTION.—Section 486(d)(1) (20 U.S.C. 
1093(d)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the third year’’ and inserting 
‘‘subsequent years’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘35 institutions’’ and inserting 
‘‘100 institutions’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sen-
tence: ‘‘Not more than 5 of such institutions, sys-
tems, or consortia may be accredited, degree-grant-
ing correspondence schools.’’. 
SEC. 486. COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY DEMONSTRATION PRO-
GRAM. 
Part G of title IV is amended by inserting after sec-
tion 486 (20 U.S.C. 1093) the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 486A. COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY DEMONSTRATION 
PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section—
‘‘(1) to provide, through a college affordability 
demonstration program, for increased innovation in