[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2553 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2553

To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994 to 
 provide for the establishment of school violence prevention hotlines.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

              October 6 (legislative day, October 2), 1998

   Mr. Byrd introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994 to 
 provide for the establishment of school violence prevention hotlines.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE PREVENTION HOTLINES UNDER 
              THE SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT OF 
              1994.

    (a) Establishment.--Section 4116(b) of the Safe and Drug-Free 
Schools and Communities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7116(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
            ``(10) the establishment (by a partnership consisting of 
        the local educational agency, schools, law enforcement 
        officials, and appropriate community groups) of school violence 
        prevention hotlines to inform law enforcement officials when 
        threats of violence are made at school; and''.
    (b) Distribution of Funds to Local Educational Agencies Containing 
Existing or Proposed Hotlines.--Section 4113(d)(2)(A) of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 7113(d)(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) by striking ``30 percent'' and inserting ``25 
                percent''; and
                    (B) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
                ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(iii) 5 percent of such amount to local 
                educational agencies that have established, or propose 
                to establish, school violence prevention hotlines 
                described in section 4116(b)(10).''.
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