The Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act set the requirements for sexual offender registration and community notification.The Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act of 2000 provides for the tracking of convicted sex offenders enrolled at, or employed by, institutions of higher education. It requires sex offenders, already required to register in a State, to provide notice of each institution of higher education in that State at which that person is employed, carries on a vocation, or is a student. The Act amends the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) to clarify that nothing in the Act can prohibit an educational institution from disclosing information provided to the institution concerning registered sex offenders.

This registration is to be made available to law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction where the institutions of higher education are located. Law enforcement agency information provided by the State concerning registered sex offenders, may be obtained through the following web site: www.monroecountysheriff.info  (click on “neighborhoods” link and choose “sex offenders”.  From there you may link to the New York Department of Criminal Justice Services’ Sex Offender Registry or go directly there at www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/nsor You may also contact the NY DCJS Sex Offender Registry at 518.457.6236 or  1.800.262.3257