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local, and tribal levels, as applicable, to identify and 
reduce racial and ethnic disparities among youth 
who come into contact with the juvenile justice sys-
tem, without establishing or requiring numerical 
standards or quotas, by— 
‘‘(A) establishing or designating existing 
coordinating bodies, composed of juvenile jus-
tice stakeholders, (including representatives of 
the educational system) at the State, local, or 
tribal levels, to advise efforts by States, units of 
local government, and Indian tribes to reduce 
racial and ethnic disparities; 
‘‘(B) identifying and analyzing data on 
race and ethnicity at all decision points in 
State, local, or tribal juvenile justice systems to 
determine which key points create racial and 
ethnic disparities among youth who come into 
contact with the juvenile justice system; and 
‘‘(C) developing and implementing a work 
plan that includes measurable objectives for pol-
icy, practice, or other system changes, based on 
the needs identified in the data collection and 
analysis under subparagraph (B);’’; 
(P) in paragraph (16), as so redesignated, 
by inserting ‘‘ethnicity,’’ after ‘‘race,’’; 
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(Q) in paragraph (21), as so redesignated, 
by striking ‘‘local,’’ each place the term appears 
and inserting ‘‘local, tribal,’’; 
(R) in paragraph (23)— 
(i) in subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
(C), by striking ‘‘juvenile’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘status offender’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(II) in clause (ii), by adding 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(iii) if such court determines the sta-
tus offender should be placed in a secure 
detention facility or correctional facility for 
violating such order— 
‘‘(I) the court shall issue a writ-
ten order that— 
‘‘(aa) identifies the valid 
court order that has been vio-
lated; 
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‘‘(bb) specifies the factual 
basis for determining that there 
is reasonable cause to believe 
that the status offender has vio-
lated such order; 
‘‘(cc) includes findings of 
fact to support a determination 
that there is no appropriate less 
restrictive alternative available to 
placing the status offender in 
such a facility, with due consider-
ation to the best interest of the 
juvenile; 
‘‘(dd) specifies the length of 
time, not to exceed 7 days, that 
the status offender may remain 
in a secure detention facility or 
correctional facility, and includes 
a plan for the status offender’s 
release from such facility; and 
‘‘(ee) may not be renewed or 
extended; and 
‘‘(II) the court may not issue a 
second or subsequent order described 
in subclause (I) relating to a status 
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offender unless the status offender 
violates a valid court order after the 
date on which the court issues an 
order described in subclause (I);’’; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(D) there are procedures in place to en-
sure that any status offender held in a secure 
detention facility or correctional facility pursu-
ant to a court order described in this paragraph 
does not remain in custody longer than 7 days 
or the length of time authorized by the court, 
whichever is shorter; and 
‘‘(E) not later than September 30, 2020 
(with a 1-year extension for each additional fis-
cal year that a State can demonstrate hardship, 
as determined by the State, and submits in 
writing evidence of such hardship to the Admin-
istrator which shall be considered approved un-
less the Administrator justifies to the State in 
writing that the hardship does not qualify for 
an exemption), the State will eliminate the use 
of valid court orders to provide secure confine-
ment of status offenders, except that juveniles 
may be held in secure confinement in accord-
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ance with the Interstate Compact for Juveniles 
if the judge issues a written order that— 
‘‘(i) specifies the factual basis to be-
lieve that the State has the authority to 
detain the juvenile under the terms of the 
Interstate Compact for Juveniles; 
‘‘(ii) includes findings of fact to sup-
port a determination that there is no ap-
propriate less restrictive alternative avail-
able to placing the juvenile in such a facil-
ity, with due consideration to the best in-
terest of the juvenile; 
‘‘(iii) specifies the length of time a ju-
venile may remain in secure confinement, 
not to exceed 15 days, and includes a plan 
for the return of the juvenile to the home 
State of the juvenile; and 
‘‘(iv) may not be renewed or ex-
tended;’’; 
(S) in paragraph (26)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘and in accordance 
with confidentiality concerns,’’ after ‘‘max-
imum extent practicable,’’; and 
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(ii) by striking the semicolon at the 
end and inserting the following: ‘‘, so as to 
provide for— 
‘‘(A) data in child abuse or neglect reports 
relating to juveniles entering the juvenile justice 
system with a prior reported history of arrest, 
court intake, probation and parole, juvenile de-
tention, and corrections; and 
‘‘(B) a plan to use the data described in 
subparagraph (A) to provide necessary services 
for the treatment of such victims of child abuse 
or neglect;’’; 
(T) in paragraph (27), as so redesignated, 
by striking the period at the end and inserting 
a semicolon; and 
(U) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(28) provide for the coordinated use of funds 
provided under this title with other Federal and 
State funds directed at juvenile delinquency preven-
tion and intervention programs; 
‘‘(29) describe the policies, procedures, and 
training in effect for the staff of juvenile State cor-
rectional facilities to eliminate the use of dangerous 
practices, unreasonable restraints, and unreasonable 
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