[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 109 (Tuesday, July 14, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S5065]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2232. Mr. THUNE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr. Alexander (for himself and Mrs. 
Murray) to the bill S. 1177, to reauthorize the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ensure that every child achieves; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 431, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:
       ``(e) Project SERV.--
       ``(1) Additional use of funds.--Funds available under 
     subsection (a)(4) for extended services grants under the 
     Project School Emergency Response to Violence program 
     (referred to in this subsection as the `Project SERV 
     program') may be used by a local educational agency or 
     institution of higher education receiving such grant to 
     initiate or strengthen violence prevention activities, as 
     part of the activities designed to restore the learning 
     environment that was disrupted by the violent or traumatic 
     crisis in response to which the grant was awarded, and as 
     provided in this subsection.
       ``(2) Application process.--
       ``(A) In general.--A local educational agency or 
     institution of higher education desiring to use a portion of 
     extended services grant funds under the Project SERV program 
     to initiate or strengthen a violence prevention activity 
     shall--
       ``(i) submit, in an application that meets all requirements 
     of the Secretary for the Project SERV program, the 
     information described in subparagraph (B); or
       ``(ii) in the case of a local educational agency or 
     institution of higher education that has already received an 
     extended services grant under the Project SERV program, 
     submit an addition to the original application that includes 
     the information described in subparagraph (B).
       ``(B) Application requirements.--The information required 
     under this subparagraph is the following:
       ``(i) A demonstration that there is a continued disruption 
     or a substantial risk of disruption to the learning 
     environment that would be addressed by such activity.
       ``(ii) An explanation of the proposed activity designed to 
     restore and preserve the learning environment.
       ``(iii) A budget and budget narrative for the proposed 
     activity.
       ``(3) Award basis.--Any award of funds under the Project 
     SERV program for violence prevention activities under this 
     subsection shall be subject to the discretion of the 
     Secretary and the availability of funds.
       ``(4) Prohibited use.--No funds provided to a local 
     educational agency or institution of higher education under 
     the Project SERV program for violence prevention activities 
     may be used for construction, renovation, or repair of a 
     facility or for the permanent infrastructure of the local 
     educational agency or institution.
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