WASHINGTON: A MEGAN’S LAW FOR CAMPUSES

Under Republican Rep. Matt Salmon’s legislation, universities would be required to make public information about convicted sex offenders attending or working at most institutions of higher learning.  The House passed the legislation unanimously without much attention last month.  According to Newsday, the Campus Protection Act would apply to colleges and universities that receive federal funding.  It was attached to an education bill that makes technical changes to a 1998 student aid law.  The Senate has not yet taken up a companion bill.    The legislation was drafted by Salmon to close