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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 638

To provide for the establishment of a School Security Technology Center

and to authorize grants for local school security programs, and for

other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MARCH 17, 1999

Mr. BINGAMAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and

referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To provide for the establishment of a School Security Technology Center and to authorize grants for local school

security programs, and for other purposes.

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 ‘‘Safe School Security

5 Act of 1999’’.

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL SECURITY TECH7 NOLOGY CENTER.

8 (a) SCHOOL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY CENTER.—
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1 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General,

2 the Secretary of Education, and the Secretary of

3 Energy shall enter into an agreement for the estab4 lishment at the Sandia National Laboratories, in

5 partnership with the National Law Enforcement and

6 Corrections Technology Center—Southeast, of a cen7 ter to be known as the ‘‘School Security Technology

8 Center’’. The School Security Technology Center

9 shall be administered by the Attorney General.

10 (2) FUNCTIONS.—The School Security Tech11 nology Center shall be a resource to local edu12 cational agencies for school security assessments, se13 curity technology development, technology avail14 ability and implementation, and technical assistance

15 relating to improving school security.

16 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is

17 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section—

18 (1) $2,850,000 for fiscal year 2000;

19 (2) $2,950,000 for fiscal year 2001; and

20 (3) $3,050,000 for fiscal year 2002.

21 SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR LOCAL SCHOOL SECURITY PRO22 GRAMS.

23 Subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Elementary

24 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111

25 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 4119. LOCAL SCHOOL SECURITY PROGRAMS.

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—

3 ‘‘(1) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From amounts

4 appropriated under subsection (c), the Secretary

5 shall award grants on a competitive basis to local

6 educational agencies to enable the agencies to ac7 quire security technology for, or carry out activities

8 related to improving security at, the middle and sec9 ondary schools served by the agencies, including ob10 taining school security assessments, and technical

11 assistance, for the development of a comprehensive

12 school security plan from the School Security Tech13 nology Center.

14 ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a

15 grant under this section, a local educational agency

16 shall submit to the Secretary an application in such

17 form and containing such information as the Sec18 retary may require, including information relating to

19 the security needs of the agency.

20 ‘‘(3) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this

21 section, the Secretary shall give priority to local edu22 cational agencies that demonstrate the highest secu23 rity needs, as reported by the agency in the applica24 tion submitted under paragraph (2).

25 ‘‘(b) APPLICABILITY.—The provisions of this part

26 (other than this section) shall not apply to this section.
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1 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

2 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

3 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2000, 2001, and

4 2002.’’.

5 SEC. 4. SAFE AND SECURE SCHOOL ADVISORY REPORT.

6 Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment

7 of this Act, the Attorney General, in consultation with the

8 Secretary of Education and the Secretary of Energy, or

9 their designees, shall—

10 (1) develop a proposal to further improve school

11 security; and

12 (2) submit that proposal to Congress.

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