§ 5965. — Use of funds.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC5965]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 68--NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM
SUBCHAPTER VII--SAFE SCHOOLS
Sec. 5965. Use of funds
(a) In general
A local educational agency shall use grant funds received under this
subchapter for one or more of the following activities:
(1) Identifying and assessing school violence and discipline
problems, including coordinating needs assessment activities with
education, law enforcement, judicial, health, social service, and
other appropriate agencies and organizations, juvenile justice
programs, and gang prevention activities.
(2) Conducting school safety reviews or violence prevention
reviews of programs, policies, practices, and facilities to
determine what changes are needed to reduce or prevent violence and
promote safety and discipline.
(3) Planning for comprehensive, long-term strategies for
addressing and preventing school violence and discipline problems
through the involvement and coordination of school programs with
other education, law enforcement, judicial, health, social service,
and other appropriate agencies and organizations.
(4) Training school personnel in programs of demonstrated
effectiveness in addressing violence, including violence prevention,
conflict resolution, anger management, peer mediation, and
identification of high-risk youth.
(5) Activities which involve parents in efforts to promote
school safety and prevent school violence.
(6) Community education programs, including video- and
technology-based projects, informing parents, businesses, local
government, the media and other appropriate entities about--
(A) the local educational agency's plan to promote school
safety and reduce and prevent school violence and discipline
problems; and
(B) the need for community support.
(7) Coordination of school-based activities designed to promote
school safety and reduce or prevent school violence and discipline
problems with related efforts of education, law enforcement,
judicial, health, social service, and other appropriate agencies and
organizations and juvenile justice programs.
(8) Developing and implementing violence prevention activities
and materials, including--
(A) conflict resolution and social skills development for
students, teachers, aides, other school personnel, and parents;
(B) disciplinary alternatives to expulsion and suspension of
students who exhibit violent or antisocial behavior;
(C) student-led activities such as peer mediation, peer
counseling, and student courts; or
(D) alternative after-school programs that provide safe
havens for students, which may include cultural, recreational,
educational and instructional activities, and mentoring and
community service programs.
(9) Educating students and parents regarding the dangers of guns
and other weapons and the consequences of their use.
(10) Developing and implementing innovative curricula to prevent
violence in schools and training staff how to stop disruptive or
violent behavior if such behavior occurs.
(11) Supporting ``safe zones of passage'' for students between
home and school through such measures as Drug- and Weapon-Free
School Zones, enhanced law enforcement, and neighborhood patrols.
(12) Counseling programs for victims and witnesses of school
violence and crime.
(13) Acquiring and installing metal detectors and hiring
security personnel.
(14) Reimbursing law enforcement authorities for their personnel
who participate in school violence prevention activities.
(15) Evaluating projects and activities assisted under this
subchapter.
(16) The cost of administering projects or activities assisted
under this subchapter.
(17) Other projects or activities that meet the purpose of this
subchapter.
(b) Limitations
(1) In general
A local educational agency may use not more than--
(A) a total of 5 percent of grant funds received under this
subchapter in each fiscal year for activities described in
paragraphs (11), (13), and (14) of subsection (a) of this
section; and
(B) 5 percent of grant funds received under this subchapter
in each fiscal year for activities described in paragraph (16)
of subsection (a) of this section.
(2) Special rule
A local educational agency shall only be able to use grant funds
received under this subchapter for activities described in
paragraphs (11), (13), and (14) of subsection (a) of this section if
funding for such activities is not available from other Federal
sources.
(3) Prohibition
A local educational agency may not use grant funds received
under this subchapter for construction.
(Pub. L. 103-227, title VII, Sec. 705, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 206.)
