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TITLE III—SAFE SCHOOLS ACT
OF 1994
SEC. 301. SAFE SCHOOLS PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
(a) IN GENERAL.—With funds appropriated under
subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of Education shall make
competitive grants to eligible local educational agencies to
carry out projects designed to achieve Goal Six of the Na-
tional Education Goals, which provides that by the year
2000, every school in America will be free of drugs and vio-
lence and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to
learning, by helping to ensure that all schools are safe and
free of violence.
(b) MODEL PROJECT.—The Secretary of Education,
shall develop a written safe schools model so all schools can
develop models that enable all students to participate re-
gardless of any language barriers.
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND RES-
ERVATION.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this Act $50,000,000 for
fiscal year 1994.
(2) RESERVATION.—From the sums appro-
priated to carry out this Act for any fiscal year, the
Secretary may reserve not more than 5 percent to
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carry out national leadership activities under section
305.
SEC. 302. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.
To be eligible to receive a grant under this Act, a local
educational agency shall demonstrate in its application
under section 303(a) that it—
(1) serves an area in which there is a high rate
of—
(A) homicides committed by persons be-
tween the ages 5 to 18, inclusive;
(B) referrals of youth to juvenile court;
(C) youth under the supervision of the
courts;
(D) expulsions and suspensions of students
from school;
(E) referrals of youth, for disciplinary rea-
sons, to alternative schools; or
(F) victimization of youth by violence,
crime, or other forms of abuse; and
(2) has serious school crime, violence, and dis-
cipline problems, as indicated by other appropriate
data.
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SEC. 303. APPLICATIONS AND PLANS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive a grant under
this Act, an eligible local educational agency shall submit
to the Secretary an application that includes—
(1) an assessment of the current violence and
crime problems in the schools to be served by the
grant and in the community to be served by the ap-
plicant;
(2) an assurance that the applicant has written
policies regarding school safety, student discipline,
and the appropriate handling of violent or disruptive
acts;
(3) a description of the schools and communities
to be served by the grant, the activities and projects
to be carried out with grant funds, and how these ac-
tivities and projects will help to reduce the current vi-
olence and crime problems in the schools and commu-
nities served;
(4) a description of educational materials to be
developed in the second most predominate language of
the schools and communities to be served by the grant,
if applicable;
(5) if the local educational agency receives Fed-
eral education funds, an explanation of how activities
assisted under this Act will be coordinated with and
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support any systemic education improvement plan
prepared with such funds;
(6) the applicant’s plan to establish school-level
advisory committees, which include faculty, parents,
staff, and students, for each school to be served by the
grant and a description of how each committee will
assist in assessing that school’s violence and discipline
problems as well as in designing appropriate pro-
grams, policies, and practices to combat those prob-
lems;
(7) the applicant’s plan for collecting baseline
and future data, by individual schools, to monitor vi-
olence and discipline problems and to measure its
progress in achieving the purpose of this Act;
(8) a description of how, in subsequent fiscal
years, the grantee will integrate the violence preven-
tion activities it carries out with funds under this Act
with activities carried out under its comprehensive
plan for drug and violence prevention adopted under
the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act
of 1986;
(9) a description of how the grantee will coordi-
nate its school crime and violence prevention efforts
with education, law enforcement, judicial, health, so-
cial service, programs supported under the Juvenile
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Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and
other appropriate agencies and organizations serving
the community;
(10) a description of how the grantee will inform
parents about the extent of crime and violence in
their children’s schools and maximize the participa-
tion of parents in its violence prevention activities;
(11) an assurance that grant funds under this
Act will be used to supplement and not supplant
State and local funds that would, in the absence of
funds under this Act, be made available by the appli-
cant for the purposes of the grant;
(12) an assurance that the applicant will cooper-
ate with, and provide assistance to, the Secretary in
gathering statistics and other data the Secretary de-
termines are necessary to determine the effectiveness
of projects and activities under this Act or the extent
of school violence and discipline problems throughout
the Nation; and
(13) such other information as the Secretary
may require.
(b) PRIORITIES.—In awarding grants under this Act,
the Secretary shall take into account the special needs of
local educational agencies located in both rural and urban
communities.