[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 899 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 899

 To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 
  and the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994, to 
   allow grants received under such Acts to be used to establish and 
                    maintain school safety hotlines.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 6, 2001

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

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 
  and the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994, to 
   allow grants received under such Acts to be used to establish and 
                    maintain school safety hotlines.

    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 ``School Safety Hotline Act of 2001''.

SECTION 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) an estimated 255,000 violent incidents occurred in 1999 
        on school property, at an official school function, or while 
        traveling to and from school;
            (2) for the complete school year July 1, 1997, through June 
        30, 1998, there were 58 school-associated violent deaths that 
        resulted from 46 incidents; 46 of these violent deaths were 
        homicides, 11 were suicides, and one teenager was killed by a 
        law enforcement officer in the course of duty;
            (3) although fewer school-associated violent deaths have 
        occurred in recent years, the total number of multiple victim 
        homicide events has increased;
            (4) in 1997, 5 percent of all 12th graders reported that 
        they had been purposefully injured, while they were at school, 
        with a weapon such as a knife, gun, or club during the prior 12 
        months, and 14 percent reported that they had been injured on 
        purpose without a weapon;
            (5) on average, each year from 1993 to 1997, there were 
        131,400 violent crimes against teachers at schools, as reported 
        by teachers from both public and private schools, which 
        translates into a rate of 31 violent crimes for every 1,000 
        teachers;
            (6) tools should be created for, and provided to, students, 
        teachers, parents, and administrators across the country so 
        that they have the ability to provide the information necessary 
        to law enforcement authorities to take action before other 
        tragedies occur; and
            (7) school safety hotlines allow students, parents, and 
        school personnel the opportunity to report threats of school 
        violence to law enforcement authorities, thus reducing 
        incidents of youth violence.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT.

    Section 223(a)(10) of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency 
Prevention Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5633(a)(10)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (N) by striking ``and'' at the end,
            (2) in subparagraph (O) by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and'', and
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (O) the following:
                    ``(P) programs related to the establishment and 
                maintenance of a school violence hotline, based on a 
                public-private partnership, that students and parents 
                can use to report suspicious, violent, or threatening 
                behavior to school and law enforcement authorities;''.

SEC. 4. SCHOOL INVOLVEMENT.

    (a) State Programs.--Section 4113(b)(1) of the Safe and Drug-Free 
Schools and Communities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7113(b)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) through (G) as (F) 
        through (H), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
                    ``(E) establishing and maintaining a school 
                violence hotline, based on a public-private 
                partnership, that students and parents can use to 
                report suspicious, violent, or threatening behavior to 
                school and law enforcement authorities;''.
    (b) Governor's Programs.--Section 4114(c) of the Safe and Drug-Free 
Schools and Communities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7114(c)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through (12) as (7) 
        through (13), respectively; and
            (2) inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) establishing and maintaining a school violence 
        hotline, based on a public-private partnership, that students 
        and parents can use to report suspicious, violent, or 
        threatening behavior to school and law enforcement 
        authorities;''.
    (c) Local Programs.--Section 4116(b) of the Safe and Drug-Free 
Schools and Communities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7116(a)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (7) through (10) as (8) 
        through (11), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) establishing and maintaining a school violence 
        hotline, based on a public-private partnership, that students 
        and parents can use to report suspicious, violent, or 
        threatening behavior to school and law enforcement 
        authorities.''.

SEC. 5. NOTIFICATION.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Education shall provide written notification to the 
States and State educational agencies of the ability of States or State 
educational agencies, as appropriate, to use State administrative funds 
provided under title IV and title VI of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 to implement programs related to the 
establishment and operation of a toll-free telephone hotline that 
students, parents, and school personnel use to report suspicious, 
violent, or threatening behavior related to schools or school functions 
to law enforcement authorities.
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