[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 638 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 638

To provide for the establishment of a School Security Technology Center 
  and to authorize grants for local school security programs, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 17, 1999

 Mr. Bingaman introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide for the establishment of a School Security Technology Center 
  and to authorize grants for local school security programs, and for 
                            other purposes.

    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 ``Safe School Security Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL SECURITY TECHNOLOGY CENTER.

    (a) School Security Technology Center.--
            (1) Establishment.--The Attorney General, the Secretary of 
        Education, and the Secretary of Energy shall enter into an 
        agreement for the establishment at the Sandia National 
        Laboratories, in partnership with the National Law Enforcement 
        and Corrections Technology Center--Southeast, of a center to be 
        known as the ``School Security Technology Center''. The School 
        Security Technology Center shall be administered by the 
        Attorney General.
            (2) Functions.--The School Security Technology Center shall 
        be a resource to local educational agencies for school security 
        assessments, security technology development, technology 
        availability and implementation, and technical assistance 
        relating to improving school security.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section--
            (1) $2,850,000 for fiscal year 2000;
            (2) $2,950,000 for fiscal year 2001; and
            (3) $3,050,000 for fiscal year 2002.

SEC. 3. GRANTS FOR LOCAL SCHOOL SECURITY PROGRAMS.

    Subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``SEC. 4119. LOCAL SCHOOL SECURITY PROGRAMS.

    ``(a) In General.--
            ``(1) Grants authorized.--From amounts appropriated under 
        subsection (c), the Secretary shall award grants on a 
        competitive basis to local educational agencies to enable the 
        agencies to acquire security technology for, or carry out 
        activities related to improving security at, the middle and 
        secondary schools served by the agencies, including obtaining 
        school security assessments, and technical assistance, for the 
        development of a comprehensive school security plan from the 
        School Security Technology Center.
            ``(2) Application.--To be eligible to receive a grant under 
        this section, a local educational agency shall submit to the 
        Secretary an application in such form and containing such 
        information as the Secretary may require, including information 
        relating to the security needs of the agency.
            ``(3) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
        Secretary shall give priority to local educational agencies 
        that demonstrate the highest security needs, as reported by the 
        agency in the application submitted under paragraph (2).
    ``(b) Applicability.--The provisions of this part (other than this 
section) shall not apply to this section.
    ``(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section $10,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2000, 2001, and 2002.''.

SEC. 4. SAFE AND SECURE SCHOOL ADVISORY REPORT.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of Education and 
the Secretary of Energy, or their designees, shall--
            (1) develop a proposal to further improve school security; 
        and
            (2) submit that proposal to Congress.
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