Jamestown  (CSi)  The University of Jamestown will appeal a $210,000 fine levied by the U.S. Department of Education last month.

The  Bismarck Tribune reports the fine stems from  violating federal laws that require colleges and universities report crime on campus and enact a drug and alcohol abuse prevention program.

A letter to University of Jamestown President Robert Badal from Susan D. Crimm, director of the administrative actions and appeals service group of the Department of Education’s federal student aid and enforcement unit, described the violations as “very serious and numerous.”

University Vice president for Marketing and Communications, Tena Lawrence says, “We just feel it warrants discussion because of our compliance efforts.”

In response to its failure to meet requirements under the federal campus crime law known as the Clery Act, as well as the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, the university has hired a full-time director of campus safety and formed an oversight committee in addition to instituting new policies and reporting procedures.

The Department of Education announced an off-site review of the University of Jamestown on Oct. 24, 2014, after receiving a complaint of alleged multiple Clery Act violations. The University of Jamestown is one of 10 colleges and universities fined this year for such transgressions.

The Clery Act, signed into law in 1990, is named after Jeanne Clery, who was raped and murdered in 1986 in her residence hall at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. The Clery Act requires colleges report on-campus crime statistics and safety policies.