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 PUBLIC LAW 103-227—MAR. 31, 1994 108 STAT. 207 (2) Conducting school safety reviews or violi:nce 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 Drugand 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.

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