garding early identification, control, super-
vision, and treatment of juveniles who repeat-
edly commit serious delinquent or criminal acts.
‘‘(B) MULTIDISCIPLINARY AGENCIES.—Es-
tablishment by units of local government in the
State under a program referred to in subpara-
graph (A), of a multidisciplinary agency com-
prised of representatives from—
‘‘(i) law enforcement organizations;
‘‘(ii) school districts;
‘‘(iii) State’s attorneys offices;
‘‘(iv) court services;
‘‘(v) State and county children and
family services; and
‘‘(vi) any additional organizations,
groups, or agencies deemed appropriate to
accomplish the purposes described in sub-
paragraph (A), including—
‘‘(I) juvenile detention centers;
‘‘(II) mental and medical health
agencies; and
‘‘(III) the community at large.
‘‘(C) IDENTIFICATION OF SERIOUS HABIT-
UAL
OFFENDERS.—Each 
multidisciplinary
agency established under subparagraph (B)
shall adopt, by a majority of its members, cri-
teria to identify individuals who are serious ha-
bitual offenders.
‘‘(D) INTERAGENCY
INFORMATION
SHAR-
ING AGREEMENT.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Each multidisci-
plinary agency established under subpara-
graph (B) shall adopt, by a majority of its
members, an interagency information shar-
ing agreement to be signed by the chief ex-
ecutive officer of each organization and
agency represented in the multidisciplinary
agency.
‘‘(ii) 
DISCLOSURE
OF
INFORMA-
TION.—The interagency information shar-
ing agreement shall require that—
‘‘(I) all records pertaining to se-
rious habitual offenders shall be kept
confidential to the extent required by
State law;
‘‘(II) information in the records
may be made available to other staff
from member organizations and agen-
cies as authorized by the multidisci-
plinary agency for the purposes of
promoting case management, commu-
nity supervision, conduct control, and
tracking of the serious habitual of-
fender for the application and coordi-
nation of appropriate services; and
‘‘(III) access to the information
in the records shall be limited to indi-
viduals who provide direct services to
the serious habitual offender or who
provide community conduct control
and supervision to the serious habit-
ual offender.
‘‘(7) COMMUNITY-WIDE PARTNERSHIPS.—Com-
munity-wide partnerships involving county, munic-
ipal government, school districts, appropriate State
agencies, and nonprofit organizations to administer
a unified approach to juvenile delinquency.
‘‘(8) ZERO TOLERANCE FOR TRUANCY.—Imple-
mentation by school districts of programs to curb
truancy and implement certain and swift punish-
ments for truancy, including parental notification of
every absence, mandatory Saturday school makeup
sessions for truants or weekends in jail for truants
and denial of participation or attendance at extra-
curricular activities by truants.
‘‘(9) ALTERNATIVE
SCHOOLING.—A require-
ment that, as a condition of receiving any State
funding provided to school districts in accordance
with a formula allocation based on the number of
children enrolled in school in the school district, each
school district shall establish one or more alternative
schools or classrooms for juvenile offenders or juve-
niles who are expelled or suspended for disciplinary
reasons and shall require that such juveniles attend
the alternative schools or classrooms. Any juvenile
who refuses to attend such alternative school or
classroom shall be immediately detained pending a
hearing. If a student is transferred from a regular
school to an alternative school for juvenile offenders
or juveniles who are expelled or suspended for dis-
ciplinary reasons such State funding shall also be
transferred to the alternative school.
‘‘(10) 
JUDICIAL
JURISDICTION.—A 
system
under which municipal and magistrate courts have—
‘‘(A) jurisdiction over minor delinquency
offenses such as truancy, curfew violations, and
vandalism; and
‘‘(B) short term detention authority for
habitual minor delinquent behavior.
‘‘(11) ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN INEFFECTIVE
PENALTIES.—Elimination of ‘counsel and release’ or
‘refer and release’ as a penalty for juveniles with re-
spect to the second or subsequent offense for which
the juvenile is referred to a juvenile probation offi-
cer.
‘‘(12) REPORT BACK ORDERS.—A system of ‘re-
port back’ orders when juveniles are placed on pro-
bation, so that after a period of time (not to exceed
2 months) the juvenile appears before and advises
the judge of the progress of the juvenile in meeting
certain goals.
‘‘(13) PENALTIES
FOR
USE
OF
FIREARM.—
Mandatory penalties for the use of a firearm during
a violent crime or a drug felony.
‘‘(14) STREET
GANGS.—A prohibition on en-
gaging in criminal conduct as a member of a street
gang and imposition of severe penalties for terrorism
by criminal street gangs.
‘‘(15) CHARACTER COUNTS.—Establishment of
character education and training for juvenile offend-
ers.
‘‘(16) MENTORING.—Establishment of men-
toring programs for at-risk youth.
‘‘(17) DRUG
COURTS
AND
COMMUNITY-ORI-
ENTED
POLICING
STRATEGIES.—Establishment of
courts for juveniles charged with drug offenses and
community-oriented policing strategies.
‘‘(18) 
RECORDKEEPING
AND
FINGER-
PRINTING.—Programs that provide that, whenever a
juvenile who has not achieved his or her 14th birth-
day is adjudicated delinquent (as defined by Federal
or State law in a juvenile delinquency proceeding)
for conduct that, if committed by an adult, would
constitute a felony under Federal or State law, the
State shall ensure that a record is kept relating to
the adjudication that is—
‘‘(A) equivalent to the record that would be
kept of an adult conviction for such an offense;
‘‘(B) retained for a period of time that is
equal to the period of time that records are
kept for adult convictions;
‘‘(C) made available to prosecutors, courts,
and law enforcement agencies of any jurisdic-
tion upon request; and
‘‘(D) made available to officials of a school,
school district, or postsecondary school where
the individual who is the subject of the juvenile
record seeks, intends, or is instructed to enroll,