Calendar No. 280

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1125

[Report No. 103–180]

A BILL

To help local school systems achieve Goal Six of the

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violence.ensuring that all schools are safe and free ofciplined environment conducive to learning, byfree of drugs and violence and will offer a disby the year 2000, every school in America will beNational Education Goals, which provides that

OVEMBER 10 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993

Reported with an amendment
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Calendar No. 280

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1125

[Report No. 103–180]

To help local school systems achieve Goal Six of the National Education

Goals, which provides that by the year 2000, every school in America

will be free of drugs and violence and will offer a disciplined environment

conducive to learning, by ensuring that all schools are safe and free

of violence.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 17 (legislative day, JUNE 15), 1993

Mr. DODD (for himself, Mrs. KASSEBAUM, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr.

PELL, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. WOFFORD, Mr. SIMON, Mr.

CHAFEE, Mr. HATFIELD, Mr. INOUYE, Ms. MIKULSKI, Mr. METZENBAUM, Mr. COCHRAN, and Mr. GLENN) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and

Human Resources

NOVEMBER 10 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 2), 1993

Reported by Mr. KENNEDY, with an amendment

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]

A BILL

To help local school systems achieve Goal Six of the National

Education Goals, which provides that by the year 2000,

every school in America will be free of drugs and violence

and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to
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learning, by ensuring that all schools are safe and free

of violence.

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

3 That this Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe School Act of

4 1993’’.

5 SAFE SCHOOLS PROGRAM AUTHORIZED

6 SEC. 2. (a) With funds appropriated under subsection

7 (b)(1), the Secretary shall make competitive grants to eli8 gible local educational agencies to carry out projects de9 signed to achieve Goal Six of the National Education

10 Goals by helping to ensure that all schools are safe and

11 free of violence.

12 (b)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated to

13 carry out this Act $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1994,

14 $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may

15 be necessary for fiscal year 1996 and each of the two suc16 ceeding fiscal years.

17 (2) The Secretary is authorized each fiscal year to

18 reserve no more than 5 percent of the amount appro19 priated under subsection (b)(1) to carry out national lead20 ership activities described in section 6.

21 ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS

22 SEC. 3. (a) To be eligible to receive a grant under

23 this Act, a local educational agency shall demonstrate in

24 its application under section 4(a) that it—
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1 (1) receives assistance under section 1006 of

2 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

3 1965 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘ESEA’’) or

4 meets the criteria of clauses (i) and (ii) of section

5 1006(a)(1)(A);

6 (2) services an area in which there is a high

7 rate of—

8 (A) homicides committed by persons be9 tween the ages 5 to 18, inclusive;

10 (B) referrals of youth to juvenile court;

11 (C) youth under the supervision of the

12 courts;

13 (D) expulsions and suspension of students

14 from school;

15 (E) referrals of youth, for disciplinary rea16 sons, to alternative schools; or

17 (F) victimization of youth by violence,

18 crime, or other forms of abuse; and

19 (3) has serious school crime, violence, and dis20 cipline problems, as indicated by other appropriate

21 data.

22 (b) For the purpose of this Act—

23 (1) ‘‘the term local educational agency’’ has the

24 same meaning given in section 1471(12) of the

25 ESEA;
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1 (2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary

2 of Education.

3 APPLICATIONS AND PLANS

4 SEC. 4. (a) In order to receive a grant under this

5 Act, an eligible local educational agency shall submit to

6 the Secretary an application that includes—

7 (1) an assessment of the current violence and

8 crime problems in the schools to be served by the

9 grant and in the community to be served by the

10 applicant;

11 (2) an assurance that the applicant has written

12 policies regarding school safety, student discipline,

13 and the appropriate handling of violent or disruptive

14 acts;

15 (3) a description of the schools and commu16 nities to be served by the grant, the activities and

17 projects to be carried out with grant funds, and how

18 these activities and projects will help to reduce the

19 current violence and crime problems in the schools

20 and communities served;

21 (4) if the local educational agency receives

22 funds under Goals 2000: Educate America Act, an

23 explanation of how activities assisted under this Act

24 will be coordinated with and support its systemic

25 education improvement plan prepared under that

26 Act;
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1 (5) the applicant’s plan to establish school-level

2 advisory committees, which include faculty, parents,

3 staff, and students, for each school to be served by

4 the grant and a description of how each committee

5 will assist in assessing that school’s violence and dis6 cipline problems as well as in designing appropriate

7 programs, policies, and practices to combat those

8 problems;

9 (6) the applicant’s plan for collecting baseline

10 and future data, by individual schools, to monitor vi11 olence and discipline problems and to measure its

12 progress in achieving the purpose of this Act;

13 (7) an assurance that grant funds under this

14 Act will be used to supplement and not to supplant

15 State and local funds that would, in the absence of

16 funds under this Act, be made available by the appli17 cant for the purposes of the grant;

18 (8) an assurance that the applicant will cooper19 ate with, and provide assistance to, the Secretary in

20 gathering statistics and other data the Secretary de21 termines are necessary to determine the effectiveness

22 of projects and activities under this Act or the ex23 tent of school violence and discipline problems

24 throughout the Nation; and
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1 (9) such other information as the Secretary

2 may require.

3 (b) In order to receive funds under this Act for the

4 second year of a project, a grantee shall submit to the

5 Secretary its comprehensive, long-term, school safety plan

6 for combating and preventing school violence and dis7 cipline problems. Such plan must contain—

8 (1) a description of how the grantee will coordi9 nate its school crime and violence prevention efforts

10 with education, law-enforcement, judicial, health, so11 cial service, and other appropriate agencies and or12 ganizations serving the community; and

13 (2) if the grantee receives funds under the

14 Goals 2000: Educate America Act, an explanation of

15 how the grantee’s comprehensive plan under this

16 subsection is consistent with and supports its sys17 temic education improvement plan prepared under

18 that Act, if such explanation differs from that pro19 vided in the grantee’s application.

20 GRANTS AND USE OF FUNDS

21 SEC. 5. (a) Grants under this Act may not exceed—

22 (1) two years in duration; and

23 (2) $3,000,000 for each year.

24 (b)(1) A local educational agency may use funds

25 awarded under section 2(a) for one or more of the follow26 ing activities—
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1 (A) identifying and assessing school violence

2 and discipline problems, including coordinating

3 needs assessment activities and education, law-en4 forcement, judicial, health, social service, and other

5 appropriate agencies and organizations;

6 (B) conducting school safety reviews or violence

7 prevention reviews of programs, policies, practices,

8 and facilities to determine what changes are needed

9 to reduce or prevent violence and promote safety and

10 discipline;

11 (C) planning for comprehensive, long-term

12 strategies for combating and preventing school vio13 lence and discipline problems through the involve14 ment and coordination of school programs with other

15 education, law-enforcement, judicial, health, social

16 service, and other appropriate agencies and organi17 zations;

18 (D) community education programs involving

19 parents, businesses, local government, the media,

20 and other appropriate entities about the local edu21 cational agency’s plan to promote school safety and

22 reduce and prevent school violence and discipline

23 problems and the need for community support;

24 (E) coordination of school-based activities de25 signed to promote school safety and reduce or pre-
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1 vent school violence and discipline problems with re2 lated efforts of education, law-enforcement, judicial,

3 health, social service, and other appropriate agencies

4 and organizations;

5 (F) developing and implementing violence pre6 vention activities, including—

7 (i) conflict resolution and social skills de8 velopment for students, teachers, aides, other

9 school personnel, and parents;

10 (ii) disciplinary alternatives to expulsion

11 and suspension of students who exhibit violent

12 or anti-social behavior;

13 (iii) student-led activities such as peer me14 diation, peer counseling, and student courts; or

15 (iv) alternative after-school programs that

16 provide safe havens for students, which may in17 clude cultural, recreational, and educational and

18 instructional activities;

19 (G) educating students and parents about the

20 dangers of guns and other weapons and the con21 sequences of their use;

22 (H) developing and implementing innovative

23 curricula to prevent violence in schools and training

24 staff how to stop disruptive or violent behavior if it

25 occurs;
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1 (I) supporting ‘‘safe zones of passage’’ for stu2 dents between home and school through such meas3 ures as Drug- and Weapon-Free School Zones, en4 hanced law enforcement, and neighborhood patrols;

5 (J) counseling programs for victims and wit6 nesses of school violence and crime;

7 (K) minor remodeling to promote security and

8 reduce the risk of violence, such as removing lockers,

9 installing better lights, and upgrading locks;

10 (L) acquiring and installing metal detectors and

11 hiring security personnel;

12 (M) reimbursing law enforcement authorities

13 for their personnel who participate in school violence

14 prevention activities;

15 (N) evaluating its project under this Act;

16 (O) the cost of administering its project under

17 this Act; and

18 (P) other activities that meet the purposes of

19 this Act.

20 (2) A local educational agency may use no more

21 than—

22 (A) a total of 33 percent of its grant for activi23 ties described in paragraph (1)(K), (L), and (M);

24 and
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1 (B) 5 percent of its grant for activities de2 scribed in paragraph (1)(O)

3 (3) A local educational agency may not use funds

4 under this Act for construction.

5 NATIONAL LEADERSHIP

6 SEC. 6. To carry out the purpose of this Act, the Sec7 retary is authorized to use funds reserved under section

8 2(b)(2) to conduct national leadership activities such as

9 research, program development and evaluation, data col10 lection, public awareness activities, training and technical

11 assistance, and peer review of applications under this Act.

12 The Secretary may carry out such activities directly,

13 through interagency agreements, or through grants, con14 tracts, or cooperative agreements.

15 EFFECTIVE DATE

16 SEC. 7. This Act shall take effect upon enactment.

17 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

18 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe

19 Schools Act of 1993’’.

20 (b) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of

21 this Act to help local school systems achieve Goal Six of

22 the National Education Goals, which provides that by the

23 year 2000, every school in America will be free of drugs

24 and violence and will offer a disciplined environment con25 ducive to learning, by ensuring that all schools are safe and

26 free of violence.
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1 SEC. 2. SAFE SCHOOLS PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

2 (a) AUTHORITY.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—With funds appropriated pur4 suant to the authority of subsection (b)(1), the Sec5 retary shall make competitive grants to eligible local

6 educational agencies to enable such agencies to carry

7 out projects and activities designed to achieve Goal

8 Six of the National Education Goals by helping to en9 sure that all schools are safe and free of violence.

10 (2) GRANT DURATION AND AMOUNT.—Grants

11 under this Act may not exceed—

12 (A) two fiscal years in duration, except that

13 the Secretary shall not award any new grants in

14 fiscal year 1996 but may make payments pursu15 ant to a 2-year grant which terminates in such

16 fiscal year; and

17 (B) $3,000,000 in any fiscal year.

18 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap20 propriated $75,000,000 for fiscal year 1994,

21 $100,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as

22 may be necessary for fiscal year 1996, to carry out

23 this Act.

24 (2) RESERVATION.—The Secretary is authorized

25 in each fiscal year to reserve not more than 10 per26 cent of the amount appropriated pursuant to the au-
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1 thority of paragraph (1) to carry out national leader2 ship activities described in section 6, of which 50 per3 cent of such amount shall be available in such fiscal

4 year to carry out the program described in section

5 6(b).

6 SEC. 3. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant

8 under this Act, a local educational agency shall demonstrate

9 in the application submitted pursuant to section 4(a) that

10 such agency—

11 (1) serves an area in which there is a high rate

12 of—

13 (A) homicides committed by persons be14 tween the ages 5 to 18, inclusive;

15 (B) referrals of youth to juvenile court;

16 (C) youth under the supervision of the

17 courts;

18 (D) expulsions and suspension of students

19 from school;

20 (E) referrals of youth, for disciplinary rea21 sons, to alternative schools; or

22 (F) victimization of youth by violence,

23 crime, or other forms of abuse; and
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1 (2) has serious school crime, violence, and dis2 cipline problems, as indicated by other appropriate

3 data.

4 (b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this Act, the

5 Secretary shall give priority to a local educational agency

6 that—

7 (1) receives assistance under section 1006 of the

8 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 or

9 meets the criteria described in clauses (i) and (ii) of

10 section 1006(a)(1)(A) of such Act; and

11 (2) submits an application that assures a strong

12 local commitment to the projects or activities assisted

13 under this Act, such as—

14 (A) the formation of partnerships among

15 the local educational agency, a community-based

16 organization, a nonprofit organization with a

17 demonstrated commitment to or expertise in de18 veloping education programs or providing edu19 cational services to students or the public, a local

20 law enforcement agency, or any combination

21 thereof; and

22 (B) a high level of youth participation in

23 such projects or activities.

24 (c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this Act—
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1 (1) the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the

2 same meaning given to such term in section 1471(12)

3 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of

4 1965; and

5 (2) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of

6 Education.

7 SEC. 4. APPLICATIONS AND PLANS.

8 (a) APPLICATION.—In order to receive a grant under

9 this Act, a local educational agency shall submit to the Sec10 retary an application that includes—

11 (1) an assessment of the current violence and

12 crime problems in the schools and community to be

13 served by the grant;

14 (2) an assurance that the applicant has written

15 policies regarding school safety, student discipline,

16 and the appropriate handling of violent or disruptive

17 acts;

18 (3) a description of the schools and communities

19 to be served by the grant, the projects and activities

20 to be carried out with grant funds, and how these

21 projects and activities will help to reduce the current

22 violence and crime problems in such schools and com23 munities;

24 (4) if the local educational agency receives funds

25 under Goals 2000: Educate America Act, an expla-
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1 nation of how projects and activities assisted under

2 this Act will be coordinated with and support such

3 agency’s systemic education improvement plan pre4 pared under that Act;

5 (5) the applicant’s plan to establish school-level

6 advisory committees, which include faculty, parents,

7 staff, and students, for each school to be served by the

8 grant and a description of how each committee will

9 assist in assessing that school’s violence and discipline

10 problems as well as in designing appropriate pro11 grams, policies, and practices to address those prob12 lems;

13 (6) the applicant’s plan for collecting baseline

14 and future data, by individual schools, to monitor vi15 olence and discipline problems and to measure such

16 applicant’s progress in achieving the purpose of this

17 Act;

18 (7) an assurance that grant funds under this Act

19 will be used to supplement and not to supplant State

20 and local funds that would, in the absence of funds

21 under this Act, be made available by the applicant for

22 the purpose of this Act;

23 (8) an assurance that the applicant will cooper24 ate with, and provide assistance to, the Secretary in

25 gathering statistics and other data the Secretary de-
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1 termines are necessary to assess the effectiveness of

2 projects and activities assisted under this Act or the

3 extent of school violence and discipline problems

4 throughout the Nation;

5 (9) an assurance that the local educational agen6 cy has a written policy that prohibits sexual contact

7 between school personnel and a student; and

8 (10) such other information as the Secretary

9 may require.

10 (b) PLAN.—In order to receive funds under this Act

11 for a second year, a grantee shall submit to the Secretary

12 a comprehensive, long-term, school safety plan for reducing

13 and preventing school violence and discipline problems.

14 Such plan shall contain—

15 (1) a description of how the grantee will coordi16 nate its school crime and violence prevention efforts

17 with education, law-enforcement, judicial, health, so18 cial service, and other appropriate agencies and orga19 nizations serving the community; and

20 (2) in the case that the grantee receives funds

21 under the Goals 2000: Educate America Act, an ex22 planation of how the grantee’s comprehensive plan

23 under this subsection is consistent with and supports

24 its systemic education improvement plan prepared
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1 under that Act, if such explanation differs from that

2 provided in the grantee’s application.

3 SEC. 5. USE OF FUNDS.

4 (a) USE OF FUNDS.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency

6 shall use grant funds received under this Act for one

7 or more of the following activities:

8 (A) Identifying and assessing school vio9 lence and discipline problems, including coordi10 nating needs assessment activities and education,

11 law-enforcement, judicial, health, social service,

12 and other appropriate agencies and organiza13 tions.

14 (B) Conducting school safety reviews or vio15 lence prevention reviews of programs, policies,

16 practices, and facilities to determine what

17 changes are needed to reduce or prevent violence

18 and promote safety and discipline.

19 (C) Planning for comprehensive, long-term

20 strategies for addressing and preventing school

21 violence and discipline problems through the in22 volvement and coordination of school programs

23 with other education, law-enforcement, judicial,

24 health, social service, and other appropriate

25 agencies and organizations.
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1 (D) Training school personnel in programs

2 of demonstrated effectiveness in addressing vio3 lence, including violence prevention, conflict res4 olution, anger management, peer mediation, and

5 identification of high-risk youth.

6 (E) Community education programs involv7 ing parents, businesses, local government, the

8 media, and other appropriate entities about the

9 local educational agency’s plan to promote school

10 safety and reduce and prevent school violence

11 and discipline problems and the need for com12 munity support.

13 (F) Coordination of school-based activities

14 designed to promote school safety and reduce or

15 prevent school violence and discipline problems

16 with related efforts of education, law-enforce17 ment, judicial, health, social service, and other

18 appropriate agencies and organizations.

19 (G) Developing and implementing violence

20 prevention activities, including—

21 (i) conflict resolution and social skills

22 development for students, teachers, aides,

23 other school personnel, and parents;
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1 (ii) disciplinary alternatives to expul2 sion and suspension of students who exhibit

3 violent or anti-social behavior;

4 (iii) student-led activities such as peer

5 mediation, peer counseling, and student

6 courts; or

7 (iv) alternative after-school programs

8 that provide safe havens for students, which

9 may include cultural, recreational, and edu10 cational and instructional activities.

11 (H) Educating students and parents about

12 the dangers of guns and other weapons and the

13 consequences of their use.

14 (I) Developing and implementing innova15 tive curricula to prevent violence in schools and

16 training staff how to stop disruptive or violent

17 behavior if such behavior occurs.

18 (J) Supporting ‘‘safe zones of passage’’ for

19 students between home and school through such

20 measures as Drug- and Weapon-Free School

21 Zones, enhanced law enforcement, and neighbor22 hood patrols.

23 (K) Counseling programs for victims and

24 witnesses of school violence and crime.
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1 (L) Minor remodeling to promote security

2 and reduce the risk of violence, such as removing

3 lockers, installing better lights, and upgrading

4 locks.

5 (M) Acquiring and installing metal detec6 tors and hiring security personnel.

7 (N) Reimbursing law enforcement authori8 ties for their personnel who participate in school

9 violence prevention activities.

10 (O) Evaluating projects and activities as11 sisted under this Act.

12 (P) The cost of administering projects or ac13 tivities assisted under this Act.

14 (Q) Other projects or activities that meet

15 the purpose of this Act.

16 (2) LIMITATION.—A local educational agency

17 may use not more than—

18 (A) a total of 10 percent of grant funds re19 ceived under this Act in each fiscal year for ac20 tivities described in subparagraphs (J), (L), (M),

21 and (N) of paragraph (1); and

22 (B) 5 percent of grant funds received under

23 this Act in each fiscal year for activities de24 scribed in subparagraph (P) of paragraph (1).
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1 (3) PROHIBITION.—A local educational agency

2 may not use grant funds received under this Act for

3 construction.

4 SEC. 6. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the purpose of this

6 Act, the Secretary is authorized to use funds reserved under

7 section 2(b)(2) to conduct national leadership activities

8 such as research, program development and evaluation,

9 data collection, public awareness activities, training and

10 technical assistance, dissemination (through appropriate

11 research entities assisted by the Department of Education)

12 of information on successful projects, activities, and strate13 gies developed pursuant to this Act, and peer review of ap14 plications under this Act. The Secretary may carry out such

15 activities directly, through interagency agreements, or

16 through grants, contracts or cooperative agreements.

17 (b) NATIONAL MODEL CITY.—The Secretary shall des18 ignate the District of Columbia as a national model city

19 and shall provide funds made available pursuant to section

20 2(b)(2) in each fiscal year to a local educational agency

21 serving the District of Columbia in an amount sufficient

22 to enable such agency to carry out a comprehensive pro23 gram to address school and youth violence.
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1 SEC. 7. NATIONAL COOPERATIVE EDUCATION STATISTICS

2 SYSTEM.

3 Subparagraph (A) of section 406(h)(2) of the General

4 Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221e–1(h)(2)(A)) is

5 amended—

6 (1) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the

7 semicolon; and

8 (2) by adding after clause (vii) the following new

9 clause:

10 ‘‘(viii) school safety policy, and statis11 tics on the incidents of school violence;

12 and’’.

13 SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.

14 This Act and the amendments made by this Act shall

15 take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.

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