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112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3693 

To enhance the safety of America’s schools. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 19, 2012 

Mrs. BOXER introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on the Judiciary 

A BILL 

To enhance the safety of America’s 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 En5 hancements Act of 2012’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 

7 Section 2701 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

8 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a) is amend9 ed— 

10 (1) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘Placement’’ and in2 serting ‘‘Installation’’; and 

3 (ii) by inserting ‘‘surveillance equip4 ment,’’ after ‘‘detectors,’’; 

5 (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

6 paragraph (6); and 

7 (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(5) Establishment of hotlines or tiplines for 

10 the reporting of potentially dangerous students and 

11 situations.’’; 

12 (2) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (1) 

13 and inserting the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) The Federal share of the costs of a pro15 gram provided by a grant under subsection (a) shall 

16 be not more than 80 percent of the total of such 

17 costs.’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(g) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.— 

20 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 60 days 

21 after the date of enactment of the School Safety En22 hancements Act of 2012, the Director and the Sec23 retary of Education, or the designee of the Sec24 retary, shall establish an interagency task force to 


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1 develop and promulgate a set of advisory school 

2 safety guidelines. 

3 ‘‘(2) PUBLICATION OF GUIDELINES.—Not later 

4 than 1 year after the date of enactment of the 

5 School Safety Enhancements Act of 2012, the advi6 sory school safety guidelines promulgated by the 

7 interagency task force shall be published in the Fed8 eral Register. 

9 ‘‘(3) REQUIRED CONSULTATION.—In developing 

10 the final advisory school safety guidelines under this 

11 subsection, the interagency task force shall consult 

12 with stakeholders and interested parties, including 

13 parents, teachers, and agencies.’’. 

14 SEC. 3. APPLICATIONS. 

15 Section 2702(a)(2) of title I of the Omnibus Crime 

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

17 3797b(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(2) be accompanied by a report— 

19 ‘‘(A) signed by the heads of each law en20 forcement agency and school district with juris21 diction over the schools where the safety im22 provements will be implemented; and 

23 ‘‘(B) demonstrating that each proposed use 

24 of the grant funds will be— 


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1 ‘‘(i) an effective means for improving 

2 the safety of 1 or more schools; 

3 ‘‘(ii) consistent with a comprehensive 

4 approach to preventing school violence; and 

5 ‘‘(iii) individualized to the needs of 

6 each school at which those improvements 

7 are to be made.’’. 

8 SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

9 Section 2705 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control 

10 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amend11 ed— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘$50,000,000’’; and 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘2001 through 2009’’ and in15 serting ‘‘2013, 2014, and 2015’’. 

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