I 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6063 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 30, 2010 Mr. Rothman of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to enhance the safety of elementary schools and secondary schools.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the School Safety Enhancements Act of 2010.

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Grant program for school security

Section 2701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a) is amended— (1)in subsection (b)— (A)in paragraph (1)— (i)by striking Placement and inserting Installation; and (ii)by inserting surveillance equipment, after detectors,; (B)by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (6); and (C)by inserting after paragraph (4) the following: (5)Establishment of hotlines or tiplines for the reporting of potentially dangerous students or situations. ; (2)by striking subsection (d)(1) and inserting the following: (1)The Federal share of the costs of a program provided by a grant under subsection (a) shall be not more than 75 percent of the total of such costs. ; and (3)by adding at the end the following: (g)

Interagency task force

Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of the School Safety Enhancements Act of 2010, the Director and the Secretary of Education, or the designee of the Secretary, shall establish an interagency task force to develop and promulgate a set of advisory school safety guidelines. The advisory school safety guidelines shall be published in the Federal Register by not later than one year after such date of enactment. In developing the final advisory school safety guidelines, the interagency task force shall consult with stakeholders and interested parties, including parents, teachers, and relevant State and local agencies. .

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Applications

Section 2702(a)(2) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797b(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows: (2)be accompanied by a report, signed by the chief education officer and the attorney general or other chief law enforcement executive of the State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe, certifying that each proposed use of the grant funds will be— (A)an effective means for improving the safety of one or more schools; (B)consistent with a comprehensive approach to preventing school violence; and (C)individualized to the needs of each school at which those improvements are to be made. .

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Annual report to Congress

Section 2703 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797c) is amended by striking and the activities for which those funds were used and inserting and a detailed itemization of how those funds were utilized.

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Authorization of appropriations

Section 2705 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amended by striking $30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 through 2009 and inserting $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2014.