§ 5964. — Applications and plans.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC5964]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 68--NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM
SUBCHAPTER VII--SAFE SCHOOLS
Sec. 5964. Applications and plans
(a) Application
In order to receive a grant under this subchapter, an eligible local
educational agency shall submit to the Secretary an application that
includes--
(1) an assessment of the current violence and crime problems in
the schools to be served by the grant and in the community to be
served by the applicant;
(2) an assurance that the applicant has written policies
regarding school safety, student discipline, and the appropriate
handling of violent or disruptive acts;
(3) a description of the schools and communities to be served by
the grant, the activities and projects to be carried out with grant
funds, and how these activities and projects will help to reduce the
current violence and crime problems in the schools and communities
served;
(4) a description of educational materials to be developed in
the first most predominate non-English language of the schools and
communities to be served by the grant, if applicable;
(5) if the local educational agency receives Federal education
funds, an explanation of how activities assisted under this
subchapter will be coordinated with and support any systemic
education improvement plan prepared with such funds;
(6) the applicant's plan to establish school-level advisory
committees, which include faculty, parents, staff, and students, for
each school to be served by the grant and a description of how each
committee will assist in assessing that school's violence and
discipline problems as well as in designing appropriate programs,
policies, and practices to combat such problems;
(7) the applicant's plan for collecting baseline and future
data, by individual schools, to monitor violence and discipline
problems and to measure the applicant's progress in achieving the
purpose of this subchapter;
(8) a description of how, in subsequent fiscal years, the
grantee will integrate the violence prevention activities the
grantee carries out with funds under this subchapter with activities
carried out under the grantee's comprehensive plan for drug and
violence prevention adopted under the Drug-Free Schools and
Communities Act of 1986;
(9) a description of how the grantee will coordinate the
grantee's school crime and violence prevention efforts with
education, law enforcement, judicial, health, and social service
programs supported under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention Act of 1974 [42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq.], and other
appropriate agencies and organizations serving the community;
(10) a description of how the grantee will inform parents about
the extent of crime and violence in their children's schools and
maximize the participation of parents in the grantee's violence
prevention activities;
(11) an assurance that grant funds under this subchapter will be
used to supplement and not supplant State and local funds that
would, in the absence of funds under this subchapter, be made
available by the applicant for the purposes of the grant;
(12) an assurance that the applicant will cooperate with, and
provide assistance to, the Secretary in gathering statistics and
other data the Secretary determines are necessary to determine the
effectiveness of projects and activities assisted under this
subchapter or the extent of school violence and discipline problems
throughout the Nation; and
(13) such other information as the Secretary may require.
(b) Plan
In order to receive funds under this subchapter for a second year, a
grantee shall submit to the Secretary a comprehensive, long-term, school
safety plan for reducing and preventing school violence and discipline
problems. Such plan shall contain a description of how the grantee will
coordinate the grantee's school crime and violence prevention efforts
with education, law-enforcement, judicial, health, social service, and
other appropriate agencies and organizations serving the community.
(Pub. L. 103-227, title VII, Sec. 704, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 205.)
References in Text
The Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986, referred to in
subsec. (a)(8), is title V of Pub. L. 89-10 as added by Pub. L. 100-297,
title I, Sec. 1001, Apr. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 252, which was classified
generally to subchapter V (Sec. 3171 et seq.) of chapter 47 of this
title, prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 89-10 by Pub. L. 103-
382, title I, Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3519. See section 7101
et seq. of this title.
The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974,
referred to in subsec. (a)(9), is Pub. L. 93-415, Sept. 7, 1974, 88
Stat. 1109, as amended, which is classified principally to chapter 72
(Sec. 5601 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note
set out under section 5601 of Title 42 and Tables.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 5963, 5967 of this title.
