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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1216
To ensure that schools develop and implement comprehensive school safety
plans.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 27, 2001
Mr. BACA (for himself and Mr. LUTHER) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To ensure that schools develop and implement comprehensive
school safety plans.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Comprehensive School
Safety Act’’.
SEC. 2. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
The Secretary of Education is authorized to provide
grants on a competitive basis to State educational agencies
to enable schools to develop and implement comprehensive
school safety plans.
SEC. 3. GRANT AWARD.
(a) STATE APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive
a grant award under this Act, a State educational agency
shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time,
in such form, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require.
(b) LOCAL APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive
a subgrant under this Act, a local educational agency shall
submit an application to the State educational agency in
such form and containing or accompanied by such infor-
mation as the State educational agency shall require.
(c) CONTENTS.—An application submitted under
subsection (a) or (b) shall include assurances that—
(1) funds provided under this Act shall supple-
ment, not supplant, State and local funds;
(2) an applicant that receives funds under this
Act may use not more 1.5 percent of the funds to
pay administrative expenses;
(3) in the case of a local educational agency,
such agency shall provide parents, students, faculty,
school administrators, and any other individuals or
groups an opportunity to present their views and
make recommendations regarding the development
and implementation of a safety plan at each school
served by the agency; and
(4) in the case of a State educational agency,
such agency shall evaluate the effectiveness of each
school safety plan on an annual basis.
SEC. 4. USES OF FUNDS.
A local educational agency that receives a subgrant
award under this Act shall use such grant funds to—
(1) assess the current status of school crime
committed on school campuses and at school-related
functions;
(2) identify appropriate strategies and pro-
grams that will provide or maintain a high level of
school safety; and
(3) provide each school served by such agency
a safe and orderly environment conducive to learn-
ing.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
As used in this Act:
(1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the same meaning
given such term in section 14101 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
8801).
(2) OUTLYING
AREA.—The term ‘‘outlying
area’’ means the United States Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the
Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Mar-
shall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia,
and the Republic of Palau.
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Education.
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, and each outlying area.
SEC. 5. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out
this Act $50,000,000 for fiscal year 2002 and such sums
as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal
years.
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