I
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3375
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
allow grants to local educational agencies for the purpose of providing
assistance to such agencies most directly affected by crime and violence.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 27, 1993
Mr. BROOKS (for himself and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following bill;
which was referred jointly to the Committees on the Judiciary and Edu-
cation and Labor
A BILL
To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets
Act of 1968 to allow grants to local educational agencies
for the purpose of providing assistance to such agencies
most directly affected by crime and violence.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SEC. 101. SAFE SCHOOLS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime
Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711
et seq.), is amended—
(1) by redesignating part X as part Y;
HR 3375 IH
(2) by redesignating section 2401 as section
2501; and
(3) by inserting after part W the following:
‘‘PART X—SAFE SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE
‘‘SEC. 2401. GRANT AUTHORIZATION.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau of
Justice Assistance, in consultation with the Secretary of
Education, may make grants to local educational agencies
for the purpose of providing assistance to such agencies
most directly affected by crime and violence.
‘‘(b) MODEL PROJECT.—The Director, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Education, shall develop a writ-
ten safe schools model in English and in Spanish in a
timely fashion and make such model available to any local
educational agency that requests such information.
‘‘SEC. 2402. USE OF FUNDS.
‘‘Grants made by the Director under this part shall
be used—
‘‘(1) to fund anticrime and safety measures and
to develop education and training programs for the
prevention of crime, violence, and illegal drugs and
alcohol;
‘‘(2) for counseling programs for victims of
crime within schools;
HR 3375 IH
‘‘(3) for crime prevention equipment, including
metal detectors and video-surveillance devices; and
‘‘(4) for the prevention and reduction of the
participation of young individuals in organized crime
and drug and gang-related activities in schools.
‘‘SEC. 2403. APPLICATIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In order to be eligible to receive
a grant under this part for any fiscal year, a local edu-
cational agency shall submit an application to the Director
in such form and containing such information as the Di-
rector may reasonably require.
‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS.—Each application under sub-
section (a) shall include—
‘‘(1) a request for funds for the purposes de-
scribed in section 2402;
‘‘(2) a description of the schools and commu-
nities to be served by the grant, including the nature
of the crime and violence problems within such
schools;
‘‘(3) assurances that Federal funds received
under this part shall be used to supplement, not
supplant, non-Federal funds that would otherwise be
available for activities funded under this part; and
‘‘(4) statistical information in such form and
containing such information that the Director may
HR 3375 IH
require regarding crime within schools served by
such local educational agency.
‘‘(c) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.—Each application shall
include a comprehensive plan that shall contain—
‘‘(1) a description of the crime problems within
the schools targeted for assistance;
‘‘(2) a description of the projects to be devel-
oped;
‘‘(3) a description of the resources available in
the community to implement the plan together with
a description of the gaps in the plan that cannot be
filed with existing resources;
‘‘(4) an explanation of how the requested grant
will be used to fill gaps;
‘‘(5) a description of the system the applicant
will establish to prevent and reduce crime problems;
and
‘‘(6) a description of educational materials to be
developed in Spanish.
‘‘SEC. 2404. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS; LIMITATIONS ON
GRANTS.
‘‘(a) ADMINISTRATIVE COST LIMITATION.—The Di-
rector shall use not more than 5 percent of the funds avail-
able under this part for the purposes of administration
and technical assistance.