Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/1021

 PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978

92 STAT. 2301

activities assisted under this part, and to provide for the distribution of this report to all interested groups and individuals, including the Congress, from funds authorized under this part. After receiving the report from the Commissioner, the Council shall evaluate the program and projects assisted under this part and include such evaluation in its annual report. uAUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC. 938. For the purpose of carrying out this part there are 20 USC 3348. authorized to be appropriated $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1980, and each of the three succeeding fiscal years. " P A R T D — S P E C I A L GRANTS FOR S A F E SCHOOLS "PURPOSE

"SEC. 941. The purpose of this part is to provide financial assistance 20 USC 3351. to aid local educational agencies throughout the Nation to meet special needs incident to providing security for children, employees, and facilities in elementary and secondary schools by reducing and preventing crimes against them and to encourage the reporting of serious crimes committed in schools to local law enforcement agencies. a AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

"SEC. 942. There is authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for the 20 USC 3352. fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the four succeeding fiscal years to carry out this part. uALLOTMENTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES

"SEC. 943. (a) Within one hundred and eighty days after the date 20 USC 3353. of enactment of the Education Amendments of 1978, the Commissioner ^"^«. p- 2143. shall select 15 local educational agencies for funding under this section. The Commissioner is to take into full account geographical considerations in the determination of the 15 agencies. "(b) The sums appropriated to carry out this part for a fiscal year shall be allotted by the Commissioner among the local educational agencies identified pursuant to subsection (a) in a manner which gives consideration to the following criteria in the following order: "(1) The extent and impact upon elementary and secondary education of crime in the schools of the district to be served, including the reported incidences of such crime in the school. "(2) Districts which have ongoing programs aimed at promoting school safety, but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to mean that funds made available under this part will be used to substitute for local funds in such programs, but rather be used to expand such programs. " (3) The financial need of such local educational agency. "(4) The expense and difficulty of effectively carrying out a plan described in section 944(a) in such school district. "(5) The degree to which measurable deficiencies in the quality of public education afforded in such district exceed those of other school districts within the State.

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