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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1216

To ensure that schools develop and implement comprehensive school safety

plans.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 27, 2001

Mr. BACA (for himself and Mr. LUTHER) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

A BILL

To ensure that schools develop and implement comprehensive

school safety plans.

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 ‘‘Comprehensive School

5 Safety Act’’.

6 SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.

7 The Secretary of Education is authorized to provide

8 grants on a competitive basis to State educational agencies

9 to enable schools to develop and implement comprehensive

10 school safety plans.
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1 SEC. 3. GRANT AWARD.

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

3 a grant award under this Act, a State educational agency

4 shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time,

5 in such form, and containing such information as the Sec6 retary may require.

7 (b) LOCAL APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive

8 a subgrant under this Act, a local educational agency shall

9 submit an application to the State educational agency in

10 such form and containing or accompanied by such infor11 mation as the State educational agency shall require.

12 (c) CONTENTS.—An application submitted under

13 subsection (a) or (b) shall include assurances that—

14 (1) funds provided under this Act shall supple15 ment, not supplant, State and local funds;

16 (2) an applicant that receives funds under this

17 Act may use not more 1.5 percent of the funds to

18 pay administrative expenses;

19 (3) in the case of a local educational agency,

20 such agency shall provide parents, students, faculty,

21 school administrators, and any other individuals or

22 groups an opportunity to present their views and

23 make recommendations regarding the development

24 and implementation of a safety plan at each school

25 served by the agency; and
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1 (4) in the case of a State educational agency,

2 such agency shall evaluate the effectiveness of each

3 school safety plan on an annual basis.

4 SEC. 4. USES OF FUNDS.

5 A local educational agency that receives a subgrant

6 award under this Act shall use such grant funds to—

7 (1) assess the current status of school crime

8 committed on school campuses and at school-related

9 functions;

10 (2) identify appropriate strategies and pro11 grams that will provide or maintain a high level of

12 school safety; and

13 (3) provide each school served by such agency

14 a safe and orderly environment conducive to learn15 ing.

16 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

17 As used in this Act:

18 (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term

19 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the same meaning

20 given such term in section 14101 of the Elementary

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

22 8801).

23 (2) OUTLYING AREA.—The term ‘‘outlying

24 area’’ means the United States Virgin Islands,

25 Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
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1 Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Mar2 shall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia,

3 and the Republic of Palau.

4 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

5 the Secretary of Education.

6 (4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of

7 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com8 monwealth of Puerto Rico, and each outlying area.

9 SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

10 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

11 this Act $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums

12 as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal

13 years.

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