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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''School Violence Prevention Act of
2005''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF POLICY.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) In 1997, the Department of Education, in collaboration
with the National Institute of Justice of the Department of
Justice, conducted a Study on School Violence and Prevention,
to investigate the extent of problem behavior in schools
nationally. The study reported on several aspects of
delinquency prevention efforts in schools, such as types and
quality of prevention efforts, how schools plan and use
information about prevention options to improve their own
efforts and school management, and sources of funding for
school prevention activities.
(2) In a follow up report prepared for the Department of
Education, entitled ''Wide Scope, Questionable Quality, Three
Reports from the Study on School Violence and Prevention''
(2002), experts made a number of findings based on the 1997
Study on School Violence and Prevention.
(3) A significant finding from the 2002 study is that
schools can improve the quality of violence prevention through
attention to needs assessment, planning, increased used of
research-based approaches, and monitoring of implementation.
(4) The 2002 study also noted that middle school students
and teachers were more likely to be victimized than their high
school counterparts, suggesting that this is an area for
additional attention.
(5) Additionally, while many students and teachers reported
feeling safe in their schools, about one-fourth of students and
teachers said they would avoid a specific place at school out
of fear that someone might hurt or bother them, and 27 percent
of teachers in middle and high schools reported that the
behavior of some students kept them from teaching a fair amount
or a great deal, indicating that school safety is still an
issue of concern.
(6) The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (20
U.S.C. 7101 et seq.), which is part A of title IV of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, is the most
common funding source for prevention activities in schools.
Effective July 1, 2002, the State grants program under the Safe
and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act authorizes a variety
of activities designed to prevent school violence and youth
drug use, and to help schools and communities create safe,
disciplined, and drug-free environments that support student
academic achievement.
(7) Section 4115(a) of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and
Communities (20 U.S.C. 7115(a)) requires State and local
prevention programs and activities to meet the ''Principles of
Effectiveness'' criteria described in such section and the
guidelines relating to such criteria developed by the
Department of Education pursuant to such section. The
''Principles of Effectiveness'' provide a framework for
recipients of State and local grant funds to improve the
quality of drug and violence prevention programming implemented
with such funds.
(b) Statement of Policy.--In light of recent studies prepared for
the Department of Education, which indicate that school violence and
prevention programs funded by the Department of Education could be
improved, Congress believes that it would be useful for the Department
of Education to review and revise the guidelines relating to the
''Principles of Effectiveness'' criteria developed pursuant to section
4115(a) of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities (20 U.S.C.
7115(a)) with the objective of improving safe school programs.

SEC. 3. REVIEW AND REVISION OF GUIDELINES RELATING TO THE ''PRINCIPLES
OF EFFECTIVENESS'' CRITERIA UNDER THE SAFE AND DRUG-FREE
SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT.

(a) Review and Revision.--The Secretary of Education shall review
and revise the guidelines relating to the ''Principles of
Effectiveness'' criteria developed pursuant to section 4115(a) of the
Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (20 U.S.C. 7115(a)) to
ensure that such guidelines meet the findings of the report prepared
for the Department of Education, entitled ''Wide Scope, Questionable
Quality, Three Reports from the Study on School Violence and
Prevention'' (2002), with particular emphasis on the findings of such
report described in subsection (b).
(b) Findings of Report.--The findings of the report referred to in
subsection (a) are the following:
(1) Relatively higher rates of discipline problems in
middle schools suggest that greater attention to violence
prevention efforts in middle school may be warranted. Attention
to middle school violence problems may also aid in preventing
discipline problems in high school.
(2) Strengthening needs assessments, including collecting
information on the prevalence of problem behavior, would assist
schools and districts in identifying problem areas to allow for
better targeting of violence prevention efforts.
(3) Along with a greater focus on research, schools should
be encouraged to adopt a ''continuous improvement'' process,
whereby quality of implementation, results of activities, and
incidents of problem behavior are tracked to serve as a basis
for modifying activities and developing future plans.
(4) Schools can improve the quality of their violence
prevention activities by strengthening efforts to adopt,
retain, or discard violence prevention programs based on
research evidence on program effectiveness.
(5) Greater emphasis on monitoring the implementation of
violence prevention activities would help ensure that such
activities remain consistent with program models. Collecting
information on the results of activities is critical, to gauge
which activities are proving effective and which need to be
strengthened or discontinued.
(6) Schools and districts should be encouraged to focus on
quality of training of staff that implement and supervise the
violence prevention activities.

SEC. 4. REPORTS.

(a) Initial Report.--Not later than March 1, 2007, the Secretary of
Education shall submit to Congress a report that contains a copy of the
guidelines relating to the ''Principles of Effectiveness'' criteria
developed pursuant to section 4115(a) of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools
and Communities Act (20 U.S.C. 7115(a)) and revised pursuant to section
3 of this Act.
(b) Final Report.--Not later than January 1, 2010, the Secretary of
Education shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation of
the guidelines described in subsection (a), including any change in
program efficacy, types of programs funded, or reduction in school
violence, as a result of such guidelines.
Solution:
School Violence Prevention Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Education to review and revise the guidelines relating to the principles of effectiveness criteria developed under the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act to ensure that such guidelines meet the findings of a 2002 report prepared for the Department of Education.