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SEC. 508. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this title, the following definitions apply:
(1) COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.—The term ‘‘commu-
nity-based organizations’’ has the meaning given the term in
section 4(5) of the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C.
1503(5)).
(2) EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘educational
institution’’ means a high school, a vocational school, and an
institution of higher education.
(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘institu-
tion of higher education’’ means an institution of higher edu-
cation (as such term is defined in section 481 of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088)) which continues to
meet the eligibility and certification requirements under section
498 of such Act.
(4) SKILL STANDARD.—The term ‘‘skill standard’’ means a
standard that specifies the level of knowledge and competence
required to successfully perform work-related functions within
an occupational cluster.
SEC. 509. SUNSET PROVISION.
(a) REPEAL.—This title is repealed on September 30, 1999.
(b) REVIEW OF REPEAL.—It is the sense of the Congress that
the appropriate committees of the Congress should review the
accomplishments of the National Board prior to the date of repeal
described in subsection (a) in order to determine whether it is
appropriate to extend the authorities provided under this title for
a period beyond such date.
TITLE VI—INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
PROGRAM
SEC. 601. INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM.
(a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—The Secretary, with the concur-
rence of the Director of the United States Information Agency
and with the foreign policy guidance of the Secretary of State,
shall carry out an International Education Program in accordance
with this section that shall provide for—
(1) the study of international education programs and deliv-
ery systems; and
(2) an international education exchange program.
(b) ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall award
grants for the study, evaluation, and analysis of education systems
in other nations, particularly Great Britain, France, Germany and
Japan. Such studies shall focus upon a comparative analysis of
curriculum, methodology, and organizational structure, including
the length of the school year and school day. In addition, the
studies shall provide an analysis of successful strategies employed
by other nations to improve student achievement, with a specific
focus upon application to schooling and the National Education
Goals.
(c) INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION EXCHANGE.—
(1) REQUIREMENT.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with
the Director of the United States Information Agency, shall
carry out a program to be known as the International
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Education Exchange Program. Under such program the
Secretary shall award grants to or enter into contracts
with organizations with demonstrated effectiveness or
expertise in international achievement comparisons, in
order to—
(i) make available to educators from eligible coun-
tries exemplary curriculum and teacher training pro-
grams in civics and government education and
economic education developed in the United States;
(ii) assist eligible countries in the adaptation and
implementation of such programs or joint research
concerning such programs;
(iii) create and implement educational programs
for United States students which draw upon the experi-
ences of emerging constitutional democracies;
(iv) provide a means for the exchange of ideas
and experiences in civics and government education
and economic education among political, educational,
and private sector leaders of participating eligible coun-
tries; and
(v) provide support for—
(I) research and evaluation to determine the
effects of educational programs on students’ devel-
opment of the knowledge, skills, and traits of
character essential for the preservation and
improvement of constitutional democracy; and
(II) effective participation in and the preserva-
tion and improvement of an efficient market econ-
omy.
(B) PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary and the
Director of the United States Information Agency, or their
designees, shall be jointly responsible for the design of
the program described in subparagraph (A). The Secretary
and the Director of the United States Information Agency
shall name to an oversight committee an equal number
of representatives. Such committee shall determine the
specifications for requests for proposals, the eligibility and
review criteria for proposals, and the review process for
proposals, for grants or contracts under this section. The
Director of the United States Information Agency shall
have particular responsibility for ensuring that programs
assisted under this section are not duplicative of other
efforts in the target countries and that foreign partner
institutions are creditable.
(C) RESERVATIONS.—In carrying out the program
described in subparagraph (A), there shall be reserved in
each fiscal year—
(i) 50 percent of the amount available to carry
out this subsection for civics and government education
activities; and
(ii) 50 percent of such amount available to carry
out this subsection for economic education activities.
(2) CONTRACT AUTHORIZED.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation with
the Director of the United States Information Agency, is
authorized to contract with independent nonprofit edu-
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cational organizations to carry out the provisions of this
subsection.
(B) NUMBER.—The Secretary, in consultation with the
Director of the United States Information Agency, shall
award at least 1 but not more than 3 contracts described
in subparagraph (A) in each of the areas described in
clauses (i) and (ii) of paragraph (1)(B).
(C) AVOIDANCE
OF
DUPLICATION.—The Secretary, in
consultation with the Director of the United States
Information Agency, shall award contracts described in
subparagraph (A) so as to avoid duplication of activities
in such contracts.
(D) REQUIREMENTS.—Each organization with which the
Secretary enters into a contract pursuant to subparagraph
(A) shall—
(i) be experienced in—
(I) the development and national implemen-
tation of curricular programs in civics and gov-
ernment education and economic education for
students from grades kindergarten through 12 in
local, intermediate, and State educational agen-
cies, in schools funded by the Bureau, and in pri-
vate schools throughout the Nation with the
cooperation and assistance of national professional
educational organizations, colleges and univer-
sities, and private sector organizations;
(II) the development and implementation of
cooperative university and school-based inservice
training programs for teachers of grades kinder-
garten through grade 12 using scholars from such
relevant disciplines as political science, political
philosophy, history, law and economics;
(III) the development of model curricular
frameworks in civics and government education
and economic education;
(IV) the administration of international semi-
nars on the goals and objectives of civics and
government education or economic education in
constitutional democracies (including the sharing
of curricular materials) for educational leaders,
teacher trainers, scholars in related disciplines,
and educational policymakers; and
(V) the evaluation of civics and government
education or economic education programs; and
(ii) have the authority to subcontract with other
organizations to carry out the provisions of this sub-
section.
(3) ACTIVITIES.—The international education program
described in this subsection shall—
(A) provide eligible countries with—
(i) seminars on the basic principles of United
States constitutional democracy and economics, includ-
ing seminars on the major governmental and economic
institutions and systems in the United States, and
visits to such institutions;
(ii) visits to school systems, institutions of higher
learning, and nonprofit organizations conducting exem-
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plary programs in civics and government education
and economic education in the United States;
(iii) home stays in United States communities;
(iv) translations and adaptations regarding United
States civics and government education and economic
education curricular programs for students and teach-
ers, and in the case of training programs for teachers
translations and adaptations into forms useful in
schools in eligible countries, and joint research projects
in such areas;
(v) translation of basic documents of United States
constitutional government for use in eligible countries,
such as The Federalist Papers, selected writings of
Presidents Adams and Jefferson and the Anti-Federal-
ists, and more recent works on political theory, con-
stitutional law and economics; and
(vi) 
research 
and 
evaluation 
assistance 
to
determine—
(I) the effects of educational programs on stu-
dents’ development of the knowledge, skills and
traits of character essential for the preservation
and improvement of constitutional democracy; and
(II) effective participation in and the preser-
vation and improvement of an efficient market
economy;
(B) provide United States participants with—
(i) seminars on the histories, economics, and
governments of eligible countries;
(ii) visits to school systems, institutions of higher
learning, and organizations conducting exemplary pro-
grams in civics and government education and eco-
nomic education located in eligible countries;
(iii) home stays in eligible countries;
(iv) assistance from educators and scholars in
eligible countries in the development of curricular
materials on the history, government and economics
of such countries that are useful in United States
classrooms;
(v) opportunities to provide on-site demonstrations
of United States curricula and pedagogy for educational
leaders in eligible countries; and
(vi) 
research 
and 
evaluation 
assistance 
to
determine—
(I) the effects of educational programs on stu-
dents’ development of the knowledge, skills and
traits of character essential for the preservation
and improvement of constitutional democracy; and
(II) effective participation in and improvement
of an efficient market economy; and
(C) assist participants from eligible countries and the
United States in participating in international conferences
on civics and government education and economic education
for educational leaders, teacher trainers, scholars in related
disciplines, and educational policymakers.
(4) PARTICIPANTS.—The primary participants in the inter-
national education program assisted under this subsection shall
be leading educators in the areas of civics and government
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education and economic education, including curriculum and
teacher training specialists, scholars in relevant disciplines,
and educational policymakers, from the United States and
eligible countries.
(5) PERSONNEL AND TECHNICAL EXPERTS.—The Secretary
is authorized to provide Department of Education personnel
and technical experts to assist eligible countries to establish
and implement a database or other effective methods to improve
educational delivery systems, structure and organization.
(6) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this subsection the
term ‘‘eligible country’’ means a Central European country,
an Eastern European country, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Geor-
gia, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and any country
that formerly was a republic of the Soviet Union whose political
independence is recognized in the United States.
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION.—There are authorized
to be appropriated $1,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such
sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996
through 1999, to carry out subsection (b).
(2) INTERNATIONAL
EDUCATION
EXCHANGE.—There are
authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for fiscal year 1995,
and such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal
years 1996 through 1999, to carry out subsection (c).
TITLE VII—SAFE SCHOOLS
SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE; STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the ‘‘Safe Schools
Act of 1994’’.
(b) STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this title
to help local school systems achieve Goal Six of the National Edu-
cation Goals, which provides that by the year 2000, every school
in America will be free of drugs and violence and will offer a
disciplined environment conducive to learning, by ensuring that
all schools are safe and free of violence.
SEC. 702. SAFE SCHOOLS PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.
(a) AUTHORITY.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—From funds appropriated pursuant to
the authority of subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall make
competitive grants to eligible local educational agencies to
enable such agencies to carry out projects and activities
designed to achieve Goal Six of the National Education Goals
by helping to ensure that all schools are safe and free of
violence.
(2) GRANT DURATION AND AMOUNT.—Grants under this title
may not exceed—
(A) two fiscal years in duration; and
(B) $3,000,000.
(3) GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.—To the extent practicable,
grants under this title shall be awarded to eligible local edu-
cational agencies serving rural, as well as urban, areas.
(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND RESERVATION.—
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 to carry out this title.
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(2) RESERVATION.—The Secretary is authorized in each fis-
cal year to reserve not more than 10 percent of the amount
appropriated pursuant to the authority of paragraph (1) to
carry out national activities described in section 706, of which
50 percent of such amount shall be available in such fiscal
year to carry out the program described in section 706(b).
SEC. 703. ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a grant under this
title, a local educational agency shall demonstrate in the application
submitted pursuant to section 704(a) that such agency—
(1) serves an area in which there is a high rate of—
(A) homicides committed by persons between the ages
5 to 18, inclusive;
(B) referrals of youth to juvenile court;
(C) youth under the supervision of the courts;
(D) expulsions and suspensions of students from school;
(E) referrals of youth, for disciplinary reasons, to alter-
native schools; or
(F) victimization of youth by violence, crime, or other
forms of abuse; and
(2) has serious school crime, violence, and discipline prob-
lems, as indicated by other appropriate data.
(b) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this title, the Sec-
retary shall give priority to a local educational agency that submits
an application that assures a strong local commitment to the
projects or activities assisted under this title, such as—
(1) the formation of partnerships among the local edu-
cational agency, a community-based organization, a nonprofit
organization with a demonstrated commitment to or expertise
in developing education programs or providing educational serv-
ices to students or the public, a local law enforcement agency,
or any combination thereof; and
(2) a high level of youth participation in such projects
or activities.
SEC. 704. APPLICATIONS AND PLANS.
(a) APPLICATION.—In order to receive a grant under this title,
an eligible local educational agency shall submit to the Secretary
an application that includes—
(1) an assessment of the current violence and crime prob-
lems in the schools to be served by the grant and in the
community to be served by the applicant;
(2) an assurance that the applicant has written policies
regarding school safety, student discipline, and the appropriate
handling of violent or disruptive acts;
(3) a description of the schools and communities to be
served by the grant, the activities and projects to be carried
out with grant funds, and how these activities and projects
will help to reduce the current violence and crime problems
in the schools and communities served;
(4) a description of educational materials to be developed
in the first most predominate non-English language of the
schools and communities to be served by the grant, if applicable;
(5) if the local educational agency receives Federal edu-
cation funds, an explanation of how activities assisted under
this title will be coordinated with and support any systemic
education improvement plan prepared with such funds;
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(6) the applicant’s plan to establish school-level advisory
committees, which include faculty, parents, staff, and students,
for each school to be served by the grant and a description
of how each committee will assist in assessing that school’s
violence and discipline problems as well as in designing appro-
priate programs, policies, and practices to combat such prob-
lems;
(7) the applicant’s plan for collecting baseline and future
data, by individual schools, to monitor violence and discipline
problems and to measure the applicant’s progress in achieving
the purpose of this title;
(8) a description of how, in subsequent fiscal years, the
grantee will integrate the violence prevention activities the
grantee carries out with funds under this title with activities
carried out under the grantee’s comprehensive plan for drug
and violence prevention adopted under the Drug-Free Schools
and Communities Act of 1986;
(9) a description of how the grantee will coordinate the
grantee’s school crime and violence prevention efforts with edu-
cation, law enforcement, judicial, health, and social service
programs supported under the Juvenile Justice and Delin-
quency Prevention Act of 1974, and other appropriate agencies
and organizations serving the community;
(10) a description of how the grantee will inform parents
about the extent of crime and violence in their children’s schools
and maximize the participation of parents in the grantee’s
violence prevention activities;
(11) an assurance that grant funds under this title will
be used to supplement and not supplant State and local funds
that would, in the absence of funds under this title, be made
available by the applicant for the purposes of the grant;
(12) an assurance that the applicant will cooperate with,
and provide assistance to, the Secretary in gathering statistics
and other data the Secretary determines are necessary to deter-
mine the effectiveness of projects and activities assisted under
this title or the extent of school violence and discipline problems
throughout the Nation; and
(13) such other information as the Secretary may require.
(b) PLAN.—In order to receive funds under this title for a
second year, a grantee shall submit to the Secretary a comprehen-
sive, long-term, school safety plan for reducing and preventing
school violence and discipline problems. Such plan shall contain
a description of how the grantee will coordinate the grantee’s school
crime and violence prevention efforts with education, law-enforce-
ment, judicial, health, social service, and other appropriate agencies
and organizations serving the community.
SEC. 705. USE OF FUNDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency shall use grant
funds received under this title for one or more of the following
activities:
(1) Identifying and assessing school violence and discipline
problems, including coordinating needs assessment activities
with education, law enforcement, judicial, health, social service,
and other appropriate agencies and organizations, juvenile jus-
tice programs, and gang prevention activities.
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(2) Conducting school safety reviews or violence prevention
reviews of programs, policies, practices, and facilities to deter-
mine what changes are needed to reduce or prevent violence
and promote safety and discipline.
(3) Planning for comprehensive, long-term strategies for
addressing and preventing school violence and discipline prob-
lems through the involvement and coordination of school pro-
grams with other education, law enforcement, judicial, health,
social service, and other appropriate agencies and organiza-
tions.
(4) Training school personnel in programs of demonstrated
effectiveness in addressing violence, including violence preven-
tion, conflict resolution, anger management, peer mediation,
and identification of high-risk youth.
(5) Activities which involve parents in efforts to promote
school safety and prevent school violence.
(6) Community education programs, including video- and
technology-based projects, informing parents, businesses, local
government, the media and other appropriate entities about—
(A) the local educational agency’s plan to promote
school safety and reduce and prevent school violence and
discipline problems; and
(B) the need for community support.
(7) Coordination of school-based activities designed to pro-
mote school safety and reduce or prevent school violence and
discipline problems with related efforts of education, law
enforcement, judicial, health, social service, and other appro-
priate agencies and organizations and juvenile justice programs.
(8) Developing and implementing violence prevention
activities and materials, including—
(A) conflict resolution and social skills development
for students, teachers, aides, other school personnel, and
parents;
(B) disciplinary alternatives to expulsion and suspen-
sion of students who exhibit violent or antisocial behavior;
(C) student-led activities such as peer mediation, peer
counseling, and student courts; or
(D) alternative after-school programs that provide safe
havens for students, which may include cultural, rec-
reational, educational and instructional activities, and
mentoring and community service programs.
(9) Educating students and parents regarding the dangers
of guns and other weapons and the consequences of their use.
(10) Developing and implementing innovative curricula to
prevent violence in schools and training staff how to stop
disruptive or violent behavior if such behavior occurs.
(11) 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 neighborhood patrols.
(12) Counseling programs for victims and witnesses of
school violence and crime.
(13) Acquiring and installing metal detectors and hiring
security personnel.
(14) Reimbursing law enforcement authorities for their
personnel who participate in school violence prevention activi-
ties.
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(15) Evaluating projects and activities assisted under this
title.
(16) The cost of administering projects or activities assisted
under this title.
(17) Other projects or activities that meet the purpose
of this title.
(b) LIMITATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency may use not
more than—
(A) a total of 5 percent of grant funds received under
this title in each fiscal year for activities described in
paragraphs (11), (13), and (14) of subsection (a); and
(B) 5 percent of grant funds received under this title
in each fiscal year for activities described in paragraph
(16) of subsection (a).
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—A local educational agency shall only
be able to use grant funds received under this title for activities
described in paragraphs (11), (13), and (14) of subsection (a)
if funding for such activities is not available from other Federal
sources.
(3) PROHIBITION.—A local educational agency may not use
grant funds received under this title for construction.
SEC. 706. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.
(a) NATIONAL ACTIVITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the purpose of this title,
the Secretary—
(A) is authorized to use funds reserved under section
702(b)(2) to—
(i) conduct national leadership activities such as
research, program development and evaluation, data
collection, public awareness activities, training and
technical assistance, dissemination (through appro-
priate research entities assisted by the Department
of Education) of information on successful projects,
activities, and strategies developed pursuant to this
title;
(ii) provide grants to noncommercial telecommuni-
cations entities for the production and distribution of
national video-based projects that provide young people
with models for conflict resolution and responsible
decisionmaking; and
(iii) conduct peer review of applications under this
title; and
(B) shall develop a written safe schools model so that
all schools can develop models that enable all students
to participate regardless of any language barrier.
(2) SPECIAL RULE.—The Secretary may carry out the activi-
ties described in paragraph (1) directly, through interagency
agreements, or through grants, contracts or cooperative agree-
ments.
(b) NATIONAL MODEL CITY.—The Secretary shall designate the
District of Columbia as a national model city and shall provide
funds made available pursuant to section 702(b)(2) in each fiscal
year to a local educational agency serving the District of Columbia
in an amount sufficient to enable such agency to carry out a
comprehensive program to address school and youth violence.