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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 899
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 Acts to be used to establish and
maintain school safety hotlines.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 6, 2001
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 Acts to be used to establish and maintain school
safety hotlines.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Safety Hotline
Act of 2001’’.
SECTION 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that—
(1) an estimated 255,000 violent incidents oc-
curred in 1999 on school property, at an official
school function, or while traveling to and from
school;
(2) for the complete school year July 1, 1997,
through June 30, 1998, there were 58 school-associ-
ated violent deaths that resulted from 46 incidents;
46 of these violent deaths were homicides, 11 were
suicides, and one teenager was killed by a law en-
forcement officer in the course of duty;
(3) although fewer school-associated violent
deaths have occurred in recent years, the total num-
ber of multiple victim homicide events has increased;
(4) in 1997, 5 percent of all 12th graders re-
ported that they had been purposefully injured, while
they were at school, with a weapon such as a knife,
gun, or club during the prior 12 months, and 14
percent reported that they had been injured on pur-
pose without a weapon;
(5) on average, each year from 1993 to 1997,
there were 131,400 violent crimes against teachers
at schools, as reported by teachers from both public
and private schools, which translates into a rate of
31 violent crimes for every 1,000 teachers;
(6) tools should be created for, and provided to,
students, teachers, parents, and administrators
across the country so that they have the ability to
provide the information necessary to law enforce-
ment authorities to take action before other trage-
dies occur; and
(7) school safety hotlines allow students, par-
ents, and school personnel the opportunity to report
threats of school violence to law enforcement au-
thorities, thus reducing incidents of youth violence.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT.
Section 223(a)(10) of the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)(10))
is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (N) by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end,
(2) in subparagraph (O) by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (O) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(P) programs related to the establishment
and maintenance of a school violence hotline,
based on a public-private partnership, that stu-
dents and parents can use to report suspicious,
violent, or threatening behavior to school and
law enforcement authorities;’’.
SEC. 4. SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT.
(a) STATE PROGRAMS.—Section 4113(b)(1) of the
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of
1994 (20 U.S.C. 7113(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) 
by 
redesignating 
subparagraphs 
(E)
through (G) as (F) through (H), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(E) establishing and maintaining a school
violence hotline, based on a public-private part-
nership, that students and parents can use to
report suspicious, violent, or threatening behav-
ior to school and law enforcement authorities;’’.
(b) GOVERNOR’S PROGRAMS.—Section 4114(c) of the
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of
1994 (20 U.S.C. 7114(c)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through
(12) as (7) through (13), respectively; and
(2) inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
‘‘(6) establishing and maintaining a school vio-
lence hotline, based on a public-private partnership,
that students and parents can use to report sus-