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To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994 to provide for the establishment of school violence prevention hotlines.
To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994 to provide for the establishment of school violence prevention hotlines.
Summary
The bill would amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994 to require local educational agencies to establish school violence prevention hotlines in partnership with schools, law enforcement officials, and community groups to report threats of violence made at school. It would allocate 5 percent of funding to local educational agencies that have established or propose to establish such hotlines, by redirecting funding from other program areas that would decrease from 30 percent to 25 percent allocation.
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Actions (3)
- Sep 21, 1998 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. · house
- Aug 6, 1998 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. · house
- Aug 6, 1998 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
August 6, 1998
Mr. Wise introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994 to provide for the establishment of school violence prevention hotlines.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. ESTABLISHMENT OF SCHOOL VIOLENCE PREVENTION HOTLINES UNDER THE SAFE AND DRUG-FREE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES ACT OF 1994.
(a) Establishment.—Section 4116(b) of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 7116(b)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking “and” at the end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph (11); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following:
“(10) the establishment (by a partnership consisting of the local educational agency, schools, law enforcement officials, and appropriate community groups) of school violence prevention hotlines to inform law enforcement officials when threats of violence are made at school; and”.
(b) Distribution of Funds to Local Educational Agencies Containing Existing or Proposed Hotlines.—Section 4113(d)(2)(A) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7113(d)(2)(A)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking “and” at the end;
(2) in clause (ii)—
(A) by striking “30 percent” and inserting “25 percent”; and
(B) by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(iii) 5 percent of such amount to local educational agencies that have established, or propose to establish, school violence prevention hotlines described in section 4116(b)(10).”. <all>
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