Seton Hall Fire Victims Remembrance Act of 2026

This bill would require the Secretary of Education, working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to create standards for fire suppression systems in dormitories and other student housing at colleges that receive federal education funding, within two years, and update them every 10 years. Colleges would have to assess their compliance one year after the standards are finalized and every 5 years after that, and submit the assessment to the Secretary. The Secretary would label each college a "Federally Recognized Fire-Safe Campus" or a "Not Federally Recognized Fire-Safe Campus" and post the assessments and results on a Department of Education website. Compliance would be added to colleges' federal student aid participation agreements, but a college would not lose eligibility for those programs only because it was designated as not fire-safe.

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Sponsors

• Thomas H. Kean, Jr. Republican sponsor
• 2 cosponsors