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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1286

To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to local educational agencies to carry out school violence prevention and school safety activities

in secondary schools.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 24, 1999

Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. DURBIN) introduced the following bill; which

was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

A BILL

To authorize the Attorney General to make grants to local

educational agencies to carry out school violence prevention and school safety activities in secondary schools.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Safety Fund

5 Act of 1999’’.

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

7 In this Act, the terms ‘‘local educational agency’’ and

8 ‘‘secondary school’’ have the meanings given the terms in
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1 section 14101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu2 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).

3 SEC. 3. PURPOSE.

4 The purpose of this Act is to assist local educational

5 agencies in preventing and responding to the threat of ju6 venile violence in secondary schools through the implemen7 tation of effective school violence prevention and school

8 safety programs.

9 SEC. 4. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

10 The Attorney General is authorized to carry out a

11 program under which the Attorney General awards grants

12 to local educational agencies to assist the local educational

13 agencies in establishing and operating school violence pre14 vention and school safety activities in secondary schools.

15 SEC. 5. APPLICATIONS.

16 Each local educational agency desiring a grant under

17 this section shall submit an application to the Attorney

18 General at such time, in such manner, and accompanied

19 by such information as the Attorney General may require.

20 Each application shall—

21 (1) include a detailed explanation of—

22 (A) the intended uses of funds provided

23 under the grant; and

24 (B) how the activities funded under the

25 grant will meet the purpose of this Act; and
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1 (2) a written assurance that the funds provided

2 under the grant will be used to supplement and not

3 supplant other State and local public funds available

4 for school violence prevention and school safety ac5 tivities in secondary schools.

6 SEC. 6. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.

7 A local educational agency may use grant funds pro8 vided under this Act—

9 (1) to establish hotlines or tiplines for the re10 porting of potentially dangerous students and situa11 tions;

12 (2) to hire community police officers;

13 (3) to purchase metal detectors, surveillance

14 cameras, and other school security equipment;

15 (4) to provide training to teachers, administra16 tors, and other school personnel in the identification

17 and detection of, and responses to, early warning

18 signs of troubled and potentially violent youth;

19 (5) to establish conflict resolution, counseling,

20 mentoring, and other violence prevention and inter21 vention programs for students;

22 (6) to hire counselors, psychologists, mental

23 health professionals, and school social workers; and
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1 (7) for any other purpose that the Attorney

2 General determines to be appropriate and consistent

3 with the purpose of this Act.

4 SEC. 7. FUNDING.

5 From amounts appropriated to the Department of

6 Justice from the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund es7 tablished under section 310001 of the Violent Crime Con8 trol and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (42 U.S.C.

9 14211), the Attorney General may make available such

10 sums as may be necessary to carry out this Act for each

11 of the fiscal years 2000 through 2004.

12 SEC. 8. REPORT TO CONGRESS.

13 Not later than November 30th of each year, the At14 torney General shall report to Congress regarding the

15 number of grants funded under this Act for the preceding

16 fiscal year, the amount of funds provided under the grants

17 for the preceding fiscal year, and the activities for which

18 grant funds were used for the preceding fiscal year.

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