SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES FOR LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL 
AGENCIES 
TO 
IMPLEMENT 
SCHOOL SAFETY PLANS. 
Section 4115 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 7115) is amended in sub-
section (b)(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) Establishing and implementing a 
comprehensive school safety plan that incor-
porates input from the community, including 
local law enforcement, and is updated at least 
every year. 
‘‘(H) Ensuring that all members of the 
school district staff, including part-time employ-
ees and substitute teachers, are trained in all 
necessary elements of the comprehensive school 
safety plan.’’. 
SEC. 7. FUNDING PRIORITY FOR SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT 
HAVE 
A 
SAFE 
CLIMATE 
FOR 
ACADEMIC 
ACHIEVEMENT. 
Section 4121 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 7131) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY FOR SCHOOLS THAT DO NOT HAVE 
‘SAFE CLIMATE’.—In determining which persons are to 
receive grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements 
under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consider the ex-
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tent to which the proposed grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement will benefit schools that do not have a safe cli-
mate for academic achievement and shall give extra weight 
to proposals that will benefit such schools.’’. 
SEC. 8. SCHOOL CLIMATE SURVEY. 
Section 4121(a) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 7131(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (9) as para-
graph (10); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(9) the administration of a schoolwide climate 
survey of students, parents, and school personnel 
that— 
‘‘(A) should be used as a pre-post interven-
tion measure to— 
‘‘(i) promote student participation and 
the recognition of ‘‘student voice’’; 
‘‘(ii) build authentic school-home-com-
munity partnerships; 
‘‘(iii) promote an authentic learning 
community; and 
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‘‘(iv) create a collaborative plan for 
school improvement; and 
‘‘(B) should measure— 
‘‘(i) the degree to which collaborative 
leadership and a professional learning com-
munity exist, including— 
‘‘(I) the degree to which school 
administrators are effective in com-
municating with different role groups 
and in setting high performance ex-
pectations for teachers and students; 
‘‘(II) the establishment of an ef-
fective school leadership team; and 
‘‘(III) the amount and quality of 
involvement of parents and commu-
nity members in the school; 
‘‘(ii) the personalization of the school 
environment, including— 
‘‘(I) the quality of the inter-
personal and professional relation-
ships between teachers and students; 
‘‘(II) student self-discipline and 
tolerance for others; and 
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‘‘(III) students’ care and respect 
for one another and their mutual co-
operation; and 
‘‘(iii) the strength of the curriculum, 
instruction, and assessment, including— 
‘‘(I) student attention to task 
and 
concern 
for 
achievement 
at 
school; 
‘‘(II) the identification of a set of 
essential learnings in core academic 
areas in which students must dem-
onstrate achievement in order to ad-
vance to the next level; and 
‘‘(III) the promotion of service 
programs and student activities as in-
tegral to an education, providing op-
portunities for all students that sup-
port and extend academic learning; 
and’’. 
SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR SAFE 
AND 
DRUG-FREE 
SCHOOLS 
AND 
COMMU-
NITIES. 
Section 4003 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7103) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘$650,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘$700,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2008’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the semicolon the 
following: ‘‘, of which $15,000,000 shall be 
available for each such fiscal year to carry out 
section 9532(b)(2)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘such sums for 
fiscal year 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘$250,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2008’’. 
Æ 
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