[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3375 Introduced in House (IH)]

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.


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                    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 
                          Education and Labor

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                                 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 Representatives 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;
            (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 consultation with the 
Secretary of Education, shall develop a written 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;
            ``(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 educational agency shall submit 
an application to the Director in such form and containing such 
information as the Director may reasonably require.
    ``(b) Requirements.--Each application under subsection (a) shall 
include--
            ``(1) a request for funds for the purposes described in 
        section 2402;
            ``(2) a description of the schools and communities 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 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 developed;
            ``(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 Director shall use not 
more than 5 percent of the funds available under this part for the 
purposes of administration and technical assistance.
    ``(b) Renewal of Grants.--A grant under this part may be renewed 
for up to 2 additional years after the first fiscal year during which 
the recipient receives its initial grant under this part, subject to 
the availability of funds, if--
            ``(1) the Director determines that the funds made available 
        to the recipient during the previous year were used in a manner 
        required under the approved application; and
            ``(2) the Director determines that an additional grant is 
        necessary to implement the crime prevention program described 
        in the comprehensive plan as required by section 2403(c).

``SEC. 2405. AWARD OF GRANTS.

    ``(a) Selection of Recipients.--The Director, in consultation with 
the Secretary of Education, shall consider the following factors in 
awarding grants to local educational agencies:
            ``(1) Crime problem.--The nature and scope of the crime 
        problem in the targeted schools.
            ``(2) Need and ability.--Demonstrated need and evidence of 
        the ability to provide the services described in the plan 
        required under section 2403(c).
            ``(3) Population.--The number of students to be served by 
        the plan required under section 2403(c).
    ``(b) Geographic Distribution.--The Director shall attempt, to the 
extent practicable, to achieve an equitable geographic distribution of 
grant awards.

``SEC. 2406. REPORTS.

    ``(a) Report to Director.--Local educational agencies that receive 
funds under this part shall submit to the Director a report not later 
than March 1 of each year that describes progress achieved in carrying 
out the plan required under section 2403(c).
    ``(b) Report to Congress.--The Director shall submit to the House 
Committee on Education and Labor, the Senate Committee on Labor and 
Human Resources, and the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives a report by October 1 of each year in 
which grants are made available under this part which shall contain a 
detailed statement regarding grant awards, activities of grant 
recipients, a compilation of statistical information submitted by 
applicants under 2403(b)(4), and an evaluation of programs established 
under this part.

``SEC. 2407. DEFINITIONS.

    ``For the purpose of this part:
            ``(1) The term `Director' means the Director of the Bureau 
        of Justice Assistance.
            ``(2) The term `local educational agency' means a public 
        board of education or other public authority legally 
        constituted within a State for either administrative control or 
        direction of, or to perform a service function for, public 
        elementary and secondary schools in a city, county, township, 
        school district, or other political subdivision of a State, or 
        such combination of school districts of counties as are 
        recognized in a State as an administrative agency for its 
        public elementary and secondary schools. Such term includes any 
        other public institution or agency having administrative 
        control and direction of a public elementary or secondary 
        school.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of contents of title I of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3711 et 
seq.), is amended by striking the matter relating to part X and 
inserting the following:

                   ``Part X--Safe Schools Assistance

``Sec. 2401. Grant authorization.
``Sec. 2402. Use of funds.
``Sec. 2403. Applications.
``Sec. 2404. Allocation of funds; limitations on grants.
``Sec. 2405. Award of grants.
``Sec. 2406. Reports.
``Sec. 2407. Definitions.
             ``Part Y--Transition; Effective Date; Repealer

``Sec. 2501. Continuation of rules, authorities, and proceedings.''.

SEC. 2402. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 1001(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3793), is amended by adding after paragraph (17) the 
following:
    ``(18) There are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for 
each of the fiscal years 1994, 1995, and 1996 to carry out the projects 
under part X.''.

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