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 PUBLIC LAW 106-386—OCT. 28, 2000 114 STAT. 1501 (4) in subsection (g), by striking "fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 4 succeeding fiscal years" and inserting "each of fiscal years 2001 through 2005". (b) MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. —Title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by inserting after part Z the following new part: "PART AA—MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY "SEC. 2701. PROGRAM AUTHORIZED. 42 USC 3797a. "(a) IN GENERAL.— The Attorney General is authorized to make grants to States, units of local government, and Indian tribes to provide improved security, including the placement and use of metal detectors and other deterrent measures, at schools and on school grounds. "(b) USES OF FUNDS. — Grants awarded under this section shall be distributed directly to the State, unit of local government, or Indian tribe, and shall be used to improve security at schools and on school grounds in the jurisdiction of the grantee through one or more of the following: "(1) Placement and use of metal detectors, locks, lighting, and other deterrent measures. " (2) Security assessments. "(3) Security training of personnel and students. "(4) Coordination with local law enforcement, "(5) Any other measure that, in the determination of the Attorney General, may provide a significant improvement in security. "(c) PREFERENTIAL CONSIDERATION.— In awarding grants under this part, the Attorney General shall give preferential consideration, if feasible, to an application from a jurisdiction that has a demonstrated need for improved security, has a demonstrated need for financial assistance, and has evidenced the ability to make the improvements for which the grant amounts are sought. "(d) MATCHING FUNDS. — "(1) The portion of the costs of a program provided by a grant under subsection (a) may not exceed 50 percent. "(2) Any funds appropriated by Congress for the activities of any agency of an Indian tribal government or the Bureau of Indian Affairs performing law enforcement functions on any Indian lands may be used to provide the non-Federal share of a matching requirement funded under this subsection. "(3) The Attorney General may provide, in the guidelines implementing this section, for the requirement of paragraph (1) to be waived or altered in the case of a recipient with a financial need for such a waiver or alteration. "(e) EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In awarding grants under this part, the Attorney General shall ensure, to the extent practicable, an equitable geographic distribution among the regions of the United States and among urban, suburban, and rural areas. "(f) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. —The Attorney General may reserve not more than 2 percent from amounts appropriated to carry out this part for administrative costs.

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