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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1937

To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974,

and the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994,

to allow grants received under such Act to be used to establish and

maintain school violence hotlines.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MAY 25, 1999

Mr. TANCREDO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the

Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Act of 1974, and the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and

Communities Act of 1994, to allow grants received under

such Act to be used to establish and maintain school

violence hotlines.

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 Hotline

5 Act of 1999’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT.

2 Section 223(a)(10) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin3 quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)(10))

4 is amended—

5 (1) in subparagraph (N) by striking ‘‘and’’ at

6 the end,

7 (2) in subparagraph (O) by striking the period

8 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and

9 (3) by inserting after subparagraph (O) the fol10 lowing:

11 ‘‘(P) programs related to the establishment

12 and maintenance of a school violence hotline,

13 based on a public-private partnership, that stu14 dents and parents can use to report suspicious,

15 violent, or threatening behavior to school and

16 law enforcement authorities.’’.

17 SEC. 3. SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT.

18 (a) STATE PROGRAMS.—Section 4113(b)(1) of the

19 Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of

20 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7113(b)(1)) is amended—

21 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E)

22 through (G) as (F) through (H), respectively; and

23 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol24 lowing:

25 ‘‘(E) establishing and maintaining a school

26 violence hotline, based on a public-private part-
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1 nership, that students and parents can use to

2 report suspicious, violent, or threatening behav3 ior to school and law enforcement authorities;

4 (b) GOVERNOR’S PROGRAMS.—Section 4114(c) of the

5 Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of

6 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7114(c)) is amended—

7 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through

8 (12) as (7) through (13), respectively; and

9 (2) inserting after paragraph (5) the following:

10 ‘‘(6) establishing and maintaining a school vio11 lence hotline, based on a public-private partnership,

12 that students and parents can use to report sus13 picious, violent, or threatening behavior to school

14 and law enforcement authorities;

15 (c) LOCAL PROGRAMS.—Section 4116(b) of the Safe

16 and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994 (20

17 U.S.C. 7116(a)) is amended—

18 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through

19 (10) as (8) through (11), respectively; and

20 (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol21 lowing:

22 ‘‘(7) establishing and maintaining a school vio23 lence hotline, based on a public-private partnership,

24 that students and parents can use to report sus-
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1 picious, violent, or threatening behavior to school

2 and law enforcement authorities.’’.

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