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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3375

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to

allow grants to local educational agencies for the purpose of providing

assistance to such agencies most directly affected by crime and violence.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OCTOBER 27, 1993

Mr. BROOKS (for himself and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following bill;

which was referred jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and Education and Labor

A BILL

To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets

Act of 1968 to allow grants to local educational agencies

for the purpose of providing assistance to such agencies

most directly affected by crime and violence.

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

3 SEC. 101. SAFE SCHOOLS.

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime

5 Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711

6 et seq.), is amended—

7 (1) by redesignating part X as part Y;
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1 (2) by redesignating section 2401 as section

2 2501; and

3 (3) by inserting after part W the following:

4 ‘‘PART X—SAFE SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE

5 ‘‘SEC. 2401. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.

6 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau of

7 Justice Assistance, in consultation with the Secretary of

8 Education, may make grants to local educational agencies

9 for the purpose of providing assistance to such agencies

10 most directly affected by crime and violence.

11 ‘‘(b) MODEL PROJECT.—The Director, in consulta12 tion with the Secretary of Education, shall develop a writ13 ten safe schools model in English and in Spanish in a

14 timely fashion and make such model available to any local

15 educational agency that requests such information.

16 ‘‘SEC. 2402. USE OF FUNDS.

17 ‘‘Grants made by the Director under this part shall

18 be used—

19 ‘‘(1) to fund anticrime and safety measures and

20 to develop education and training programs for the

21 prevention of crime, violence, and illegal drugs and

22 alcohol;

23 ‘‘(2) for counseling programs for victims of

24 crime within schools;
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1 ‘‘(3) for crime prevention equipment, including

2 metal detectors and video-surveillance devices; and

3 ‘‘(4) for the prevention and reduction of the

4 participation of young individuals in organized crime

5 and drug and gang-related activities in schools.

6 ‘‘SEC. 2403. APPLICATIONS.

7 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible to receive

8 a grant under this part for any fiscal year, a local edu9 cational agency shall submit an application to the Director

10 in such form and containing such information as the Di11 rector may reasonably require.

12 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Each application under sub13 section (a) shall include—

14 ‘‘(1) a request for funds for the purposes de15 scribed in section 2402;

16 ‘‘(2) a description of the schools and commu17 nities to be served by the grant, including the nature

18 of the crime and violence problems within such

19 schools;

20 ‘‘(3) assurances that Federal funds received

21 under this part shall be used to supplement, not

22 supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be

23 available for activities funded under this part; and

24 ‘‘(4) statistical information in such form and

25 containing such information that the Director may
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1 require regarding crime within schools served by

2 such local educational agency.

3 ‘‘(c) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—Each application shall

4 include a comprehensive plan that shall contain—

5 ‘‘(1) a description of the crime problems within

6 the schools targeted for assistance;

7 ‘‘(2) a description of the projects to be devel8 oped;

9 ‘‘(3) a description of the resources available in

10 the community to implement the plan together with

11 a description of the gaps in the plan that cannot be

12 filed with existing resources;

13 ‘‘(4) an explanation of how the requested grant

14 will be used to fill gaps;

15 ‘‘(5) a description of the system the applicant

16 will establish to prevent and reduce crime problems;

17 and

18 ‘‘(6) a description of educational materials to be

19 developed in Spanish.

20 ‘‘SEC. 2404. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS; LIMITATIONS ON

21 GRANTS.

22 ‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMITATION.—The Di23 rector shall use not more than 5 percent of the funds avail24 able under this part for the purposes of administration

25 and technical assistance.
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1 ‘‘(b) RENEWAL OF GRANTS.—A grant under this

2 part may be renewed for up to 2 additional years after

3 the first fiscal year during which the recipient receives its

4 initial grant under this part, subject to the availability of

5 funds, if—

6 ‘‘(1) the Director determines that the funds

7 made available to the recipient during the previous

8 year were used in a manner required under the ap9 proved application; and

10 ‘‘(2) the Director determines that an additional

11 grant is necessary to implement the crime prevention

12 program described in the comprehensive plan as re13 quired by section 2403(c).

14 ‘‘SEC. 2405. AWARD OF GRANTS.

15 ‘‘(a) SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS.—The Director, in

16 consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall con17 sider the following factors in awarding grants to local edu18 cational agencies:

19 ‘‘(1) CRIME PROBLEM.—The nature and scope

20 of the crime problem in the targeted schools.

21 ‘‘(2) NEED AND ABILITY.—Demonstrated need

22 and evidence of the ability to provide the services de23 scribed in the plan required under section 2403(c).
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1 ‘‘(3) POPULATION.—The number of students to

2 be served by the plan required under section

3 2403(c).

4 ‘‘(b) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—The Director

5 shall attempt, to the extent practicable, to achieve an equi6 table geographic distribution of grant awards.

7 ‘‘SEC. 2406. REPORTS.

8 ‘‘(a) REPORT TO DIRECTOR.—Local educational

9 agencies that receive funds under this part shall submit

10 to the Director a report not later than March 1 of each

11 year that describes progress achieved in carrying out the

12 plan required under section 2403(c).

13 ‘‘(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Director shall

14 submit to the House Committee on Education and Labor,

15 the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources,

16 and the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and

17 the House of Representatives a report by October 1 of

18 each year in which grants are made available under this

19 part which shall contain a detailed statement regarding

20 grant awards, activities of grant recipients, a compilation

21 of statistical information submitted by applicants under

22 2403(b)(4), and an evaluation of programs established

23 under this part.

24 ‘‘SEC. 2407. DEFINITIONS.

25 ‘‘For the purpose of this part:
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1 ‘‘(1) The term ‘Director’ means the Director of

2 the Bureau of Justice Assistance.

3 ‘‘(2) The term ‘local educational agency’ means

4 a public board of education or other public authority

5 legally constituted within a State for either adminis6 trative control or direction of, or to perform a serv7 ice function for, public elementary and secondary

8 schools in a city, county, township, school district, or

9 other political subdivision of a State, or such com10 bination of school districts of counties as are recog11 nized in a State as an administrative agency for its

12 public elementary and secondary schools. Such term

13 includes any other public institution or agency hav14 ing administrative control and direction of a public

15 elementary or secondary school.’’.

16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con17 tents of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe

18 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et seq.), is amended

19 by striking the matter relating to part X and inserting

20 the following:

‘‘PART X—SAFE SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE

‘‘Sec. 2401. Grant authorization.

‘‘Sec. 2402. Use of funds.

‘‘Sec. 2403. Applications.

‘‘Sec. 2404. Allocation of funds; limitations on grants.

‘‘Sec. 2405. Award of grants.

‘‘Sec. 2406. Reports.

‘‘Sec. 2407. Definitions.

‘‘PART Y—TRANSITION; EFFECTIVE DATE; REPEALER
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‘‘Sec. 2501. Continuation of rules, authorities, and proceedings.’’.

1 SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

2 Section 1001(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and

3 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793), is amended

4 by adding after paragraph (17) the following:

5 ‘‘(18) There are authorized to be appropriated

6 $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, and

7 1996 to carry out the projects under part X.’’.

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