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funding under this part to build capacity to develop and imple-
ment high-quality, effective drug and violence prevention pro-
grams consistent with the principles of effectiveness in section
4115(a);
‘‘(6) assistance to school systems that have particularly
severe drug and violence problems, including hiring drug
prevention and school safety coordinators, or assistance to sup-
port appropriate response efforts to crisis situations;
‘‘(7) the development of education and training programs,
curricula, instructional materials, and professional training and
development for preventing and reducing the incidence of
crimes and conflicts motivated by hate in localities most directly
affected by hate crimes;
‘‘(8) activities in communities designated as empowerment
zones or enterprise communities that will connect schools to
community-wide efforts to reduce drug and violence problems;
and
‘‘(9) other activities in accordance with the purpose of this
part, based on State and local needs.
‘‘(b) PEER REVIEW.—The Secretary shall use a peer review
process in reviewing applications for funds under this section.
‘‘SEC. 4122. IMPACT EVALUATION.
‘‘(a) BIENNIAL EVALUATION.—The Secretary, in consultation
with the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Advisory
Committee described in section 4124, shall conduct an independent
biennial evaluation of the impact of programs assisted under this
subpart and of other recent and new initiatives to combat violence
and illegal drug use in schools. The evaluation shall report on
whether community and local educational agency programs funded
under this subpart—
‘‘(1) comply with the principles of effectiveness described
in section 4115(a);
‘‘(2) have appreciably reduced the level of illegal drug,
alcohol, and tobacco use, and school violence and the illegal
presence of weapons at schools; and
‘‘(3) have conducted effective parent involvement and
training programs.
‘‘(b) DATA COLLECTION.—The National Center for Education
Statistics shall collect data, that is subject to independent review,
to determine the incidence and prevalence of illegal drug use and
violence in elementary schools and secondary schools in the States.
The collected data shall include incident reports by schools officials,
anonymous student surveys, and anonymous teacher surveys.
‘‘(c) BIENNIAL REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2003, and
every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the President
and Congress a report on the findings of the evaluation conducted
under subsection (a) together with the data collected under sub-
section (b) and data available from other sources on the incidence
and prevalence, age of onset, perception of health risk, and percep-
tion of social disapproval of drug use and violence in elementary
schools and secondary schools in the States. The Secretary shall
include data submitted by the States pursuant to subsection
4116(a).
‘‘SEC. 4123. HATE CRIME PREVENTION.
‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORIZATION.—From funds made available to
carry out this subpart under section 4003(2) the Secretary may
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make grants to local educational agencies and community-based
organizations for the purpose of providing assistance to localities
most directly affected by hate crimes.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(1) PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.—Grants under this section
may be used to improve elementary and secondary educational
efforts, including—
‘‘(A) development of education and training programs
designed to prevent and to reduce the incidence of crimes
and conflicts motivated by hate;
‘‘(B) development of curricula for the purpose of
improving conflict or dispute resolution skills of students,
teachers, and administrators;
‘‘(C) development and acquisition of equipment and
instructional materials to meet the needs of, or otherwise
be part of, hate crime or conflict programs; and
‘‘(D) professional training and development for teachers
and administrators on the causes, effects, and resolutions
of hate crimes or hate-based conflicts.
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—In order to be eligible to receive a grant
under this section for any fiscal year, a local educational agency,
or a local educational agency in conjunction with a community-
based organization, shall submit an application to the Secretary
in such form and containing such information as the Secretary
may reasonably require.
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS.—Each application under paragraph (2)
shall include—
‘‘(A) a request for funds for the purpose described in
this section;
‘‘(B) a description of the schools and communities to
be served by the grants; and
‘‘(C) assurances that Federal funds received under this
section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant,
non-Federal funds.
‘‘(4) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—Each application shall include
a comprehensive plan that contains—
‘‘(A) a description of the hate crime or conflict problems
within the schools or the community targeted for assist-
ance;
‘‘(B) a description of the program to be developed or
augmented by such Federal and matching funds;
‘‘(C) assurances that such program or activity shall
be administered by or under the supervision of the
applicant;
‘‘(D) procedures for the proper and efficient administra-
tion of such program; and
‘‘(E) fiscal control and fund accounting procedures as
may be necessary to ensure prudent use, proper disburse-
ment, and accurate accounting of funds received under
this section.
‘‘(c) AWARD OF GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) SELECTION OF RECIPIENTS.—The Secretary shall con-
sider the incidence of crimes and conflicts motivated by bias
in the targeted schools and communities in awarding grants
under this section.
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‘‘(2) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—The Secretary shall
attempt, to the extent practicable, to achieve an equitable
geographic distribution of grant awards.
‘‘(3) DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall
attempt, to the extent practicable, to make available informa-
tion regarding successful hate crime prevention programs,
including programs established or expanded with grants under
this section.
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—The Secretary shall submit to Congress a report
every 2 years that shall contain a detailed statement regarding
grants and awards, activities of grant recipients, and an evaluation
of programs established under this section.
‘‘SEC. 4124. SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There is hereby established an advisory
committee to be known as the ‘Safe and Drug Free Schools
and Communities Advisory Committee’ (referred to in this sec-
tion as the ‘Advisory Committee’) to—
‘‘(A) consult with the Secretary under subsection (b);
‘‘(B) coordinate Federal school- and community-based
substance abuse and violence prevention programs and
reduce duplicative research or services;
‘‘(C) develop core data sets and evaluation protocols
for safe and drug-free school- and community-based pro-
grams;
‘‘(D) provide technical assistance and training for safe
and drug-free school- and community-based programs;
‘‘(E) provide for the diffusion of scientifically based
research to safe and drug-free school- and community-based
programs; and
‘‘(F) review other regulations and standards developed
under this title.
‘‘(2) COMPOSITION.—The Advisory Committee shall be com-
posed of representatives from—
‘‘(A) the Department of Education;
‘‘(B) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
‘‘(C) the National Institute on Drug Abuse;
‘‘(D) the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol
Abuse;
‘‘(E) the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention;
‘‘(F) the Center for Mental Health Services;
‘‘(G) the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention;
‘‘(H) the Office of National Drug Control Policy;
‘‘(I) State and local governments, including education
agencies; and
‘‘(J) researchers and expert practitioners.
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out its duties under this
section, the Advisory Committee shall annually consult with
interested State and local coordinators of school- and commu-
nity-based substance abuse and violence prevention programs
and other interested groups.
‘‘(b) PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made available under
section 4003(2) to carry out this subpart, the Secretary, in
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consultation with the Advisory Committee, shall carry out sci-
entifically based research programs to strengthen the account-
ability and effectiveness of the State, chief executive officer’s,
and national programs under this part.
‘‘(2) GRANTS, CONTRACTS OR COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—
The Secretary shall carry out paragraph (1) directly or through
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with public and
private entities and individuals or through agreements with
other Federal agencies.
‘‘(3) COORDINATION.—The Secretary shall coordinate pro-
grams under this section with other appropriate Federal activi-
ties.
‘‘(4) ACTIVITIES.—Activities that may be carried out under
programs funded under this section may include—
‘‘(A) the provision of technical assistance and training,
in collaboration with other Federal agencies utilizing their
expertise and national and regional training systems, for
Governors, State educational agencies and local educational
agencies to support high quality, effective programs that—
‘‘(i) provide a thorough assessment of the substance
abuse and violence problem;
‘‘(ii) utilize objective data and the knowledge of
a wide range of community members;
‘‘(iii) develop measurable goals and objectives; and
‘‘(iv) implement scientifically based research activi-
ties that have been shown to be effective and that
meet identified needs;
‘‘(B) the provision of technical assistance and training
to foster program accountability;
‘‘(C) the diffusion and dissemination of best practices
and programs;
‘‘(D) the development of core data sets and evaluation
tools;
‘‘(E) program evaluations;
‘‘(F) the provision of information on drug abuse edu-
cation and prevention to the Secretary of Health and
Human Services for dissemination by the clearinghouse
for alcohol and drug abuse information established under
section 501(d)(16) of the Public Health Service Act; and
‘‘(G) other activities that meet unmet needs related
to the purpose of this part and that are undertaken in
consultation with the Advisory Committee.
‘‘SEC. 4125. NATIONAL COORDINATOR PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From funds made available to carry out
this subpart under section 4003(2), the Secretary may provide for
the establishment of a National Coordinator Program under which
the Secretary shall award grants to local educational agencies for
the hiring of drug prevention and school safety program coordina-
tors.
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts received under a grant under
subsection (a) shall be used by local educational agencies to recruit,
hire, and train individuals to serve as drug prevention and school
safety program coordinators in schools with significant drug and
school safety problems. Such coordinators shall be responsible for
developing, conducting, and analyzing assessments of drug and
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crime problems at their schools, and administering the safe and
drug-free grant program at such schools.
‘‘SEC. 4126. COMMUNITY SERVICE GRANT PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From funds made available to carry out
this subpart under section 4003(2), the Secretary may make grants
to States to carry out programs under which students expelled
or suspended from school are required to perform community
service.
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION.—From the amount described in subsection
(a), the Secretary shall allocate among the States—
‘‘(1) one-half according to the ratio between the school-
aged population of each State and the school-aged population
of all the States; and
‘‘(2) one-half according to the ratio between the amount
each State received under section 1124A for the preceding
year and the sum of such amounts received by all the States.
‘‘(c) MINIMUM.—For any fiscal year, no State shall be allotted
under this section an amount that is less than one-half of 1 percent
of the total amount allotted to all the States under this section.
‘‘(d) REALLOTMENT.—The Secretary may reallot any amount
of any allotment to a State if the Secretary determines that the
State will be unable to use such amount within 2 years of such
allotment. Such reallotments shall be made on the same basis
as allotments are made under subsection (b).
‘‘(e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘State’ means each
of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico.
‘‘SEC. 4127. SCHOOL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY AND RESOURCE CENTER.
‘‘(a) CENTER.—From funds made available to carry out this
subpart under section 4003(2), the Secretary, the Attorney General,
and the Secretary of Energy may enter into an agreement for
the establishment at the Sandia National Laboratories, in partner-
ship with the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Tech-
nology Center—Southeast and the National Center for Rural Law
Enforcement in Little Rock, Arkansas, of a center to be known
as the ‘School Security Technology and Resource Center’ (hereafter
in this section ‘the Center’).
‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Center established under subsection
(a) shall be administered by the Attorney General.
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—The center established under subsection (a)
shall be a resource to local educational agencies for school security
assessments, security technology development, evaluation and
implementation, and technical assistance relating to improving
school security. The Center will also conduct and publish school
violence research, coalesce data from victim communities, and mon-
itor and report on schools that implement school security strategies.
‘‘SEC. 4128. NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOOL AND YOUTH SAFETY.
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—From funds made available to carry out
this subpart under section 4003(2), the Secretary of Education
and the Attorney General may jointly establish a National Center
for School and Youth Safety (in this section referred to as the
‘Center’). The Secretary of Education and the Attorney General
may establish the Center at an existing facility, if the facility
has a history of performing two or more of the duties described
in subsection (b). The Secretary of Education and the Attorney
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General shall jointly appoint a Director of the Center to oversee
the operation of the Center.
‘‘(b) DUTIES.—The Center shall carry out emergency response,
anonymous student hotline, consultation, and information and out-
reach activities with respect to elementary and secondary school
safety, including the following:
‘‘(1) EMERGENCY RESPONSE.—The staff of the Center, and
such temporary contract employees as the Director of the
Center shall determine necessary, shall offer emergency assist-
ance to local communities to respond to school safety crises.
Such assistance shall include counseling for victims and the
community, assistance to law enforcement to address short-
term security concerns, and advice on how to enhance school
safety, prevent future incidents, and respond to future
incidents.
‘‘(2) ANONYMOUS
STUDENT
HOTLINE.—The Center shall
establish a toll-free telephone number for students to report
criminal activity, threats of criminal activity, and other high-
risk behaviors such as substance abuse, gang or cult affiliation,
depression, or other warning signs of potentially violent
behavior. The Center shall relay the reports, without attribu-
tion, to local law enforcement or appropriate school hotlines.
The Director of the Center shall work with the Attorney General
to establish guidelines for Center staff to work with law enforce-
ment around the Nation to relay information reported through
the hotline.
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Center shall establish a toll-free
number for the public to contact staff of the Center for consulta-
tion regarding school safety. The Director of the Center shall
hire administrative staff and individuals with expertise in
enhancing school safety, including individuals with back-
grounds in counseling and psychology, education, law enforce-
ment and criminal justice, and community development to
assist in the consultation.
‘‘(4) INFORMATION AND OUTREACH.—The Center shall com-
pile information about the best practices in school violence
prevention, intervention, and crisis management, and shall
serve as a clearinghouse for model school safety program
information. The staff of the Center shall work to ensure local
governments, school officials, parents, students, and law
enforcement officials and agencies are aware of the resources,
grants, and expertise available to enhance school safety and
prevent school crime. The staff of the Center shall give special
attention to providing outreach to rural and impoverished
communities.
‘‘SEC. 4129. GRANTS TO REDUCE ALCOHOL ABUSE.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with the
Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
Administration, may award grants from funds made available to
carry out this subpart under section 4003(2), on a competitive
basis, to local educational agencies to enable such agencies to
develop and implement innovative and effective programs to reduce
alcohol abuse in secondary schools.
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive a grant under sub-
section (a), a local educational agency shall prepare and submit
to the Secretary an application at such time, in such manner,
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and containing such information as the Secretary may require,
including—
‘‘(1) a description of the activities to be carried out under
the grant;
‘‘(2) an assurance that such activities will include one or
more of the proven strategies for reducing underage alcohol
abuse as determined by the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration;
‘‘(3) an explanation of how activities to be carried out
under the grant that are not described in paragraph (2) will
be effective in reducing underage alcohol abuse, including ref-
erences to the past effectiveness of such activities;
‘‘(4) an assurance that the applicant will submit to the
Secretary an annual report concerning the effectiveness of the
programs and activities funded under the grant; and
‘‘(5) such other information as the Secretary determines
appropriate.
‘‘(c) STREAMLINING OF PROCESS FOR LOW-INCOME AND RURAL
LEAS.—The Secretary, in consultation with the Administrator of
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration,
shall develop procedures to make the application process for grants
under this section more user-friendly, particularly for low-income
and rural local educational agencies.
‘‘(d) RESERVATIONS.—
‘‘(1) SAMHSA.—The Secretary may reserve 20 percent of
any amount used to carry out this section to enable the
Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Serv-
ices Administration to provide alcohol abuse resources and
start-up assistance to local educational agencies receiving
grants under this section.
‘‘(2) LOW-INCOME AND RURAL AREAS.—The Secretary may
reserve 25 percent of any amount used to carry out this section
to award grants to low-income and rural local educational agen-
cies.
‘‘SEC. 4130. MENTORING PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS.—
‘‘(1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to make
assistance available to promote mentoring programs for chil-
dren with greatest need—
‘‘(A) to assist such children in receiving support and
guidance from a mentor;
‘‘(B) to improve the academic achievement of such chil-
dren;
‘‘(C) to improve interpersonal relationships between
such children and their peers, teachers, other adults, and
family members;
‘‘(D) to reduce the dropout rate of such children; and
‘‘(E) to reduce juvenile delinquency and involvement
in gangs by such children.
‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this part:
‘‘(A) CHILD WITH GREATEST NEED.—The term ‘child with
greatest need’ means a child who is at risk of educational
failure, dropping out of school, or involvement in criminal
or delinquent activities, or who lacks strong positive role
models.
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‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE
ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible entity’
means—
‘‘(i) a local educational agency;
‘‘(ii) a nonprofit, community-based organization; or
‘‘(iii) a partnership between a local educational
agency and a nonprofit, community-based organization.
‘‘(C) MENTOR.—The term ‘mentor’ means a responsible
adult, a postsecondary school student, or a secondary school
student who works with a child—
‘‘(i) to provide a positive role model for the child;
‘‘(ii) to establish a supportive relationship with
the child; and
‘‘(iii) to provide the child with academic assistance
and exposure to new experiences and examples of
opportunity that enhance the ability of the child to
become a responsible adult.
‘‘(D) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of the sev-
eral States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam,
American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands.
‘‘(b) GRANT PROGRAM.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may award grants from
funds made available to carry out this subpart under section
4003(2) to eligible entities to assist such entities in establishing
and supporting mentoring programs and activities for children
with greatest need that—
‘‘(A) are designed to link such children (particularly
children living in rural areas, high-crime areas, or troubled
home environments, or children experiencing educational
failure) with mentors who—
‘‘(i) have received training and support in men-
toring;
‘‘(ii) have been screened using appropriate ref-
erence checks, child and domestic abuse record checks,
and criminal background checks; and
‘‘(iii) are interested in working with children with
greatest need; and
‘‘(B) are intended to achieve one or more of the fol-
lowing goals with respect to children with greatest need:
‘‘(i) Provide general guidance.
‘‘(ii) Promote personal and social responsibility.
‘‘(iii) Increase participation in, and enhance the
ability to benefit from, elementary and secondary edu-
cation.
‘‘(iv) Discourage illegal use of drugs and alcohol,
violence, use of dangerous weapons, promiscuous
behavior, and other criminal, harmful, or potentially
harmful activity.
‘‘(v) Encourage participation in community service
and community activities.
‘‘(vi) Encourage setting goals and planning for the
future, including encouragement of graduation from
secondary school and planning for postsecondary edu-
cation or training.
‘‘(viii) Discourage involvement in gangs.
‘‘(2) USE OF FUNDS.—
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible entity awarded a grant
under this subsection shall use the grant funds for activities
that establish or implement a mentoring program, that
may include—
‘‘(i) hiring of mentoring coordinators and support
staff;
‘‘(ii) providing for the professional development of
mentoring coordinators and support staff;
‘‘(iii) recruitment, screening, and training of men-
tors;
‘‘(iv) reimbursement to schools, if appropriate, for
the use of school materials or supplies in carrying
out the mentoring program;
‘‘(v) dissemination of outreach materials;
‘‘(vi) evaluation of the mentoring program using
scientifically based methods; and
‘‘(vii) such other activities as the Secretary may
reasonably prescribe by rule.
‘‘(B) PROHIBITED
USES.—Notwithstanding subpara-
graph (A), an eligible entity awarded a grant under this
section may not use the grant funds—
‘‘(i) to directly compensate mentors;
‘‘(ii) to obtain educational or other materials or
equipment that would otherwise be used in the ordi-
nary course of the eligible entity’s operations;
‘‘(iii) to support litigation of any kind; or
‘‘(iv) for any other purpose reasonably prohibited
by the Secretary by rule.
‘‘(3) AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Funds made available
through a grant under this section shall be available for obliga-
tion for a period not to exceed 3 years.
‘‘(4) APPLICATION.—Each eligible entity seeking a grant
under this section shall submit to the Secretary an application
that includes—
‘‘(A) a description of the plan for the mentoring pro-
gram the eligible entity proposes to carry out with such
grant;
‘‘(B) information on the children expected to be served
by the mentoring program for which such grant is sought;
‘‘(C) a description of the mechanism the eligible entity
will use to match children with mentors based on the
needs of the children;
‘‘(D) an assurance that no mentor will be assigned
to mentor so many children that the assignment will under-
mine the mentor’s ability to be an effective mentor or
the mentor’s ability to establish a close relationship (a
one-to-one relationship, where practicable) with each
mentored child;
‘‘(E) an assurance that the mentoring program will
provide children with a variety of experiences and support,
including—
‘‘(i) emotional support;
‘‘(ii) academic assistance; and
‘‘(iii) exposure to experiences that the children
might not otherwise encounter on their own;
‘‘(F) an assurance that the mentoring program will
be monitored to ensure that each child assigned a mentor
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benefits from that assignment and that the child will be
assigned a new mentor if the relationship between the
original mentor and the child is not beneficial to the child;
‘‘(G) information regarding how mentors and children
will be recruited to the mentoring program;
‘‘(H) information regarding how prospective mentors
will be screened;
‘‘(I) information on the training that will be provided
to mentors; and
‘‘(J) information on the system that the eligible entity
will use to manage and monitor information relating to
the mentoring program’s—
‘‘(i) reference checks;
‘‘(ii) child and domestic abuse record checks;
‘‘(iii) criminal background checks; and
‘‘(iv) procedure for matching children with mentors.
‘‘(5) SELECTION.—
‘‘(A) COMPETITIVE BASIS.—In accordance with this sub-
section, the Secretary shall award grants to eligible entities
on a competitive basis.
‘‘(B) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall give priority to each eligible
entity that—
‘‘(i) serves children with greatest need living in
rural areas, high-crime areas, or troubled home
environments, or who attend schools with violence
problems;
‘‘(ii) provides high quality background screening
of mentors, training of mentors, and technical assist-
ance in carrying out mentoring programs; or
‘‘(iii) proposes a school-based mentoring program.
‘‘(C) OTHER
CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding grants
under subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall also consider—
‘‘(i) the degree to which the location of the men-
toring program proposed by each eligible entity contrib-
utes to a fair distribution of mentoring programs with
respect to urban and rural locations;
‘‘(ii) the quality of the mentoring program proposed
by each eligible entity, including—
‘‘(I) the resources, if any, the eligible entity
will dedicate to providing children with opportuni-
ties for job training or postsecondary education;
‘‘(II) the degree to which parents, teachers,
community-based organizations, and the local
community have participated, or will participate,
in the design and implementation of the proposed
mentoring program;
‘‘(III) the degree to which the eligible entity
can ensure that mentors will develop longstanding
relationships with the children they mentor;
‘‘(IV) the degree to which the mentoring pro-
gram will serve children with greatest need in
the 4th through 8th grades; and
‘‘(V) the degree to which the mentoring pro-
gram will continue to serve children from the 9th
grade through graduation from secondary school,
as needed; and
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‘‘(iii) the capability of each eligible entity to effec-
tively implement its mentoring program.
‘‘(D) GRANT
TO
EACH
STATE.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of this subsection, in awarding grants under
subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall select not less than
one grant recipient from each State for which there is
an eligible entity that submits an application of sufficient
quality pursuant to paragraph (4).
‘‘(6) MODEL SCREENING GUIDELINES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Based on model screening guidelines
developed by the Office of Juvenile Programs of the Depart-
ment of Justice, the Secretary shall develop and distribute
to each eligible entity awarded a grant under this section
specific model guidelines for the screening of mentors who
seek to participate in mentoring programs assisted under
this section.
‘‘(B) BACKGROUND CHECKS.—The guidelines developed
under this subsection shall include, at a minimum, a
requirement that potential mentors be subject to reference
checks, child and domestic abuse record checks, and
criminal background checks.
‘‘Subpart 3—Gun Possession
‘‘SEC. 4141. GUN-FREE REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘(a) SHORT TITLE.—This subpart may be cited as the ‘Gun-
Free Schools Act’.
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each State receiving Federal funds
under any title of this Act shall have in effect a State law
requiring local educational agencies to expel from school for
a period of not less than 1 year a student who is determined
to have brought a firearm to a school, or to have possessed
a firearm at a school, under the jurisdiction of local educational
agencies in that State, except that such State law shall allow
the chief administering officer of a local educational agency
to modify such expulsion requirement for a student on a case-
by-case basis if such modification is in writing.
‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subpart shall be con-
strued to prevent a State from allowing a local educational
agency that has expelled a student from such a student’s reg-
ular school setting from providing educational services to such
student in an alternative setting.
‘‘(3) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this section, the term
‘firearm’ has the same meaning given such term in section
921(a) of title 18, United States Code.
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.—The provisions of this section shall be
construed in a manner consistent with the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act.
‘‘(d) REPORT
TO
STATE.—Each local educational agency
requesting assistance from the State educational agency that is
to be provided from funds made available to the State under any
title of this Act shall provide to the State, in the application
requesting such assistance—
‘‘(1) an assurance that such local educational agency is
in compliance with the State law required by subsection (b);
and
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‘‘(2) a description of the circumstances surrounding any
expulsions imposed under the State law required by subsection
(b), including—
‘‘(A) the name of the school concerned;
‘‘(B) the number of students expelled from such school;
and
‘‘(C) the type of firearms concerned.
‘‘(e) REPORTING.—Each State shall report the information
described in subsection (d) to the Secretary on an annual basis.
‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of subsection (d), the term
‘school’ means any setting that is under the control and supervision
of the local educational agency for the purpose of student activities
approved and authorized by the local educational agency.
‘‘(g) EXCEPTION.—Nothing in this section shall apply to a fire-
arm that is lawfully stored inside a locked vehicle on school prop-
erty, or if it is for activities approved and authorized by the local
educational agency and the local educational agency adopts appro-
priate safeguards to ensure student safety.
‘‘(h) POLICY REGARDING CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM REFERRAL.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No funds shall be made available under
any title of this Act to any local educational agency unless
such agency has a policy requiring referral to the criminal
justice or juvenile delinquency system of any student who
brings a firearm or weapon to a school served by such agency.
‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this subsection, the
term ‘school’ has the same meaning given to such term by
section 921(a) of title 18, United States Code.
‘‘Subpart 4—General Provisions
‘‘SEC. 4151. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘In this part:
‘‘(1) CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.—The term ‘controlled sub-
stance’ means a drug or other substance identified under
Schedule I, II, III, IV, or V in section 202(c) of the Controlled
Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812(c)).
‘‘(2) DRUG.—The term ‘drug’ includes controlled substances;
the illegal use of alcohol and tobacco; and the harmful, abusive,
or addictive use of substances, including inhalants and anabolic
steroids.
‘‘(3) DRUG AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION.—The term ‘drug and
violence prevention’ means—
‘‘(A) with respect to drugs, prevention, early interven-
tion, rehabilitation referral, or education related to the
illegal use of drugs;
‘‘(B) with respect to violence, the promotion of school
safety, such that students and school personnel are free
from violent and disruptive acts, including sexual harass-
ment and abuse, and victimization associated with preju-
dice and intolerance, on school premises, going to and
from school, and at school-sponsored activities, through
the creation and maintenance of a school environment that
is free of weapons and fosters individual responsibility
and respect for the rights of others.
‘‘(4) HATE CRIME.—The term ‘hate crime’ means a crime
as described in section 1(b) of the Hate Crime Statistics Act
of 1990.
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‘‘(5) NONPROFIT.—The term ‘nonprofit’, as applied to a
school, agency, organization, or institution means a school,
agency, organization, or institution owned and operated by
one or more nonprofit corporations or associations, no part
of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure,
to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual.
‘‘(6) PROTECTIVE FACTOR, BUFFER, OR ASSET.—The terms
‘protective factor’, ‘buffer’, and ‘asset’ mean any one of a number
of the community, school, family, or peer-individual domains
that are known, through prospective, longitudinal research
efforts, or which are grounded in a well-established theoretical
model of prevention, and have been shown to prevent alcohol,
tobacco, or illegal drug use, as well as violent behavior, by
youth in the community, and which promote positive youth
development.
‘‘(7) RISK FACTOR.—The term ‘risk factor’ means any one
of a number of characteristics of the community, school, family,
or peer-individual domains that are known, through prospec-
tive, longitudinal research efforts, to be predictive of alcohol,
tobacco, and illegal drug use, as well as violent behavior, by
youth in the school and community.
‘‘(8) SCHOOL-AGED
POPULATION.—The term ‘school-aged
population’ means the population aged five through 17, as
determined by the Secretary on the basis of the most recent
satisfactory data available from the Department of Commerce.
‘‘(9) SCHOOL BASED MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDER.—
The term ‘school based mental health services provider’ includes
a State licensed or State certified school counselor, school
psychologist, school social worker, or other State licensed or
certified mental health professional qualified under State law
to provide such services to children and adolescents.
‘‘(10) SCHOOL
PERSONNEL.—The term ‘school personnel’
includes teachers, principals, administrators, counselors, social
workers, psychologists, nurses, librarians, and other support
staff who are employed by a school or who perform services
for the school on a contractual basis.
‘‘(11) SCHOOL
RESOURCE
OFFICER.—The term ‘school
resource officer’ means a career law enforcement officer, with
sworn authority, deployed in community oriented policing, and
assigned by the employing police department to a local edu-
cational agency to work in collaboration with schools and
community based organizations to—
‘‘(A) educate students in crime and illegal drug use
prevention and safety;
‘‘(B) develop or expand community justice initiatives
for students; and
‘‘(C) train students in conflict resolution, restorative
justice, and crime and illegal drug use awareness.
‘‘SEC. 4152. MESSAGE AND MATERIALS.
‘‘(a) ‘WRONG
AND HARMFUL’ MESSAGE.—Drug and violence
prevention programs supported under this part shall convey a clear
and consistent message that the illegal use of drugs and acts
of violence are wrong and harmful.
‘‘(b) CURRICULUM.—The Secretary shall not prescribe the use
of specific curricula for programs supported under this part.
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‘‘SEC. 4153. PARENTAL CONSENT.
‘‘Upon receipt of written notification from the parents or legal
guardians of a student, the local educational agency shall withdraw
such student from any program or activity funded under this part.
The local educational agency shall make reasonable efforts to inform
parents or legal guardians of the content of such programs or
activities funded under this part, other than classroom instruction.
‘‘SEC. 4154. PROHIBITED USES OF FUNDS.
‘‘No funds under this part may be used for—
‘‘(1) construction (except for minor remodeling needed to
accomplish the purposes of this part); or
‘‘(2) medical services, drug treatment or rehabilitation,
except for pupil services or referral to treatment for students
who are victims of, or witnesses to, crime or who illegally
use drugs.
‘‘SEC. 4155. TRANSFER OF SCHOOL DISCIPLINARY RECORDS.
‘‘(a) NONAPPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—This section shall not
apply to any disciplinary records with respect to a suspension
or expulsion that are transferred from a private, parochial or other
nonpublic school, person, institution, or other entity, that provides
education below the college level.
‘‘(b) DISCIPLINARY RECORDS.—In accordance with the Family
Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. 1232g),
not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this part,
each State receiving Federal funds under this Act shall provide
an assurance to the Secretary that the State has a procedure
in place to facilitate the transfer of disciplinary records, with respect
to a suspension or expulsion, by local educational agencies to any
private or public elementary school or secondary school for any
student who is enrolled or seeks, intends, or is instructed to enroll,
on a full- or part-time basis, in the school.
‘‘PART B—21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY
LEARNING CENTERS
‘‘SEC. 4201. PURPOSE; DEFINITIONS.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this part is to provide opportuni-
ties for communities to establish or expand activities in community
learning centers that—
‘‘(1) 
provide 
opportunities 
for 
academic 
enrichment,
including providing tutorial services to help students, particu-
larly students who attend low-performing schools, to meet State
and local student academic achievement standards in core aca-
demic subjects, such as reading and mathematics;
‘‘(2) offer students a broad array of additional services,
programs, and activities, such as youth development activities,
drug and violence prevention programs, counseling programs,
art, music, and recreation programs, technology education pro-
grams, and character education programs, that are designed
to reinforce and complement the regular academic program
of participating students; and
‘‘(3) offer families of students served by community learning
centers opportunities for literacy and related educational
development.
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this part: