[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4428 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4428

   To ensure that schools develop and implement comprehensive school 
                             safety plans.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2000

   Mr. Baca introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
   To ensure that schools develop and implement comprehensive school 
                             safety plans.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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 Secretary 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 information 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 supplement, 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 programs 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 learning.

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 Marshall 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 Commonwealth 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 2001 and such sums as may be necessary for 
each of the four succeeding fiscal years.
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