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 PUBLIC LAW 107-110-^AN. 8, 2002 115 STAT. 1749 a student's locker for weapons or illegal drugs or drug paraphernalia, including at the request of or with the consent of a parent or legal guardian of the student, if the local educational agency elects to so test or inspect. "(xv) Emergency intervention services following traumatic crisis events, such as a shooting, major accident, or a drug-related incident that have disrupted the learning environment. "(xvi) Establishing or implementing a system for transferring suspension and expulsion records, consistent with section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g), by a local educational agency to any public or private elementary school or secondary school. "(xvii) Developing and implementing character education programs, as a component of drug and violence prevention programs, that take into account the views of parents of the students for whom the program is intended and such students, such as a program described in subpart 3 of part D of title V. "(xviii) Establishing and maintaining a school safety hotline. "(xix) Community service, including community service performed by expelled students, and servicelearning projects. "(xx) Conducting a nationwide background check of each local educational agency employee, regardless of when hired, and prospective employees for the purpose of determining whether the employee or prospective employee has been convicted of a crime that bears upon the employee's fitness— "(I) to be responsible for the safety or wellbeing of children; "(11) to serve in the particular capacity in which the employee or prospective employee is or will be employed; or "(III) to otherwise be employed by the local educational agency. "(xxi) Programs to train school personnel to identify warning signs of youth suicide and to create an action plan to help youth at risk of suicide. "(xxii) Programs that respond to the needs of students who are faced with domestic violence or child abuse. "(F) The evaluation of any of the activities authorized under this subsection and the collection of objective data used to assess program needs, program implementation, or program success in achieving program goals and objectives. "(c) LIMITATION. — "(1) IN GENERAL.— Except as provided in paragraph (2), not more than 40 percent of the funds available to a local educational agency under this subpart may be used to carry out the activities described in clauses (ii) through (vi) of subsection (b)(2)(E), of which not more than 50 percent of such

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