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SEC. 304. GRANTS AND USE OF FUNDS.
(a) DURATION
AND AMOUNT
OF GRANTS.—Grants
under this Act may not exceed—
(1) 1 year in duration; and
(2) $3,000,000.
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—
(1) ACTIVITIES.—A local educational agency
may use funds awarded under section 301(a) for 1 or
more of the following activities:
(A) Identifying and assessing school vio-
lence and discipline problems, including coordi-
nating needs assessment activities with edu-
cation, law-enforcement, judicial, health, social
service, juvenile justice programs, gang preven-
tion activities, and other appropriate agencies
and organizations.
(B) Conducting school safety reviews or vio-
lence prevention reviews of programs, policies,
practices, and facilities to determine what
changes are needed to reduce or prevent violence
and promote safety and discipline.
(C) Planning for comprehensive, long-term
strategies for combating and preventing school
violence and discipline problems through the in-
volvement and coordination of school programs
with other education, law-enforcement, judicial,
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health, social service, and other appropriate
agencies and organizations.
(D) Activities which involve parents in ef-
forts to promote school safety and prevent school
violence;
(E) Community education programs involv-
ing parents, businesses, local government, the
medical, and other appropriate entities about the
local educational agency’s plan to promote school
safety and reduce and prevent school violence
and discipline problems and the need for com-
munity support.
(F) Coordination of school-based activities
designed to promote school safety and reduce or
prevent school violence and discipline problems
with related efforts of education, law-enforce-
ment, judicial, health, social service, juvenile jus-
tice programs, and other appropriate agencies
and organizations.
(G) Developing and implementing violence
prevention activities and materials, including—
(i) conflict resolution and social skills
development for students, teachers, aides,
other school personnel, and parents;
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(ii) disciplinary alternatives to expul-
sion and suspension of students who exhibit
violent or anti-social behavior;
(iii) student-led activities such as peer
mediation, peer counseling, and student
courts; or
(iv) alternative after-school programs
that provide safe havens for students, which
may include cultural, recreational, edu-
cational and instructional activities, and
mentoring and community service pro-
grams.
(H) Educating students and parents about
the dangers of guns and other weapons and the
consequences of their use.
(I) Developing and implementing innova-
tive curricula to prevent violence in schools and
training staff how to stop disruptive or violent
behavior if it occurs.
(J) Supporting ‘‘safe zones of passage’’ for
students between home and school through such
measures as Drug- and Weapon-Free School
Zones, enhanced law enforcement, and neighbor-
hood patrols.
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(K) Counseling programs for victims and
witnesses of school violence and crime.
(L) Evaluating its project under this Act.
(M) The cost of administering the project of
the local educational agency under this Act.
(N) Other activities that meet the purposes
of this Act.
(2) OTHER LIMITATIONS.—A local educational
agency may use not more than 5 percent of its grant
for activities described in paragraph (1)(M).
(3) CONSTRUCTION.—A local educational agency
may not use funds under this Act for construction.
SEC. 305. NATIONAL LEADERSHIP.
To carry out the purpose of this Act, the Secretary may
use funds reserved under section 301(c)(2) to conduct na-
tional leadership activities such as research, program devel-
opment and evaluation, data collection, public awareness
activities, training and technical assistance, to provide
grants to noncommercial telecommunications entities for
the production and distribution of national video-based
projects that provide young people with models for conflict
resolution and responsible decisionmaking, and to conduct
peer review of applications under this Act. The Secretary
may carry out such activities directly, through interagency
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agreements, or through grants, contracts, or cooperative
agreements.
SEC. 306. REPORTS.
(a) REPORT TO SECRETARY.—Local educational agen-
cies that receive funds under this part shall submit to the
Secretary a report not later than March 1, 1995, that de-
scribes progress achieved in carrying out the plan required
under section 303.
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House
of Representatives a report not later than October 1, 1995,
which contains a detailed statement regarding grant
awards, activities of grant recipients, a compilation of sta-
tistical information submitted by applicants under section
303, and an evaluation of programs established under this
part.
SEC. 307. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY.—The term
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given
such term in section 1471(12) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
2891(12)).
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(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Education.
Attest:
Clerk.
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