Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 92 Part 2.djvu/1022

 92 STAT. 2302

PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978 "(6) The degree to which the plan described in section 944(a), and the program or project to be assisted, are likely to effect a decrease in crime in the schools. "(7) The degree to which a local educational agency has devel- oped administrative guidelines encouraging the reporting to local law enforcement agencies of all serious crimes committed in schools under their jurisdiction. "(8) The degree to which employees of the local educational agency report serious crimes committed in schools to local law enforcement agencies. "APPLICATION'

20 USC 3354.

Regulations.

Consultation.

42 USC 5601 note.

"SEC. 944. (a) A local educational agency may receive a grant under this part for any fiscal year only upon application therefor approved by the Commissioner, with the consent of the appropriate State educational agency, upon the Commissioner's determination that the local educational agency has adopted and is implementing, or will, if assistance is made available under this part, adopt and implement, a plan to reduce crime and increase the safety and security of the students, employees, and facilities of its elementary and secondary schools through programs and projects designed to carry out the purpose of this part, including— "(1) the provision of additional professional or other staff members (including staff members especially trained in problems incident to crime control) and the training and retraining of staff for schools which are affected by such a plan; "(2) provision of information to parents and other members of the general public incident to the development or to the implementation of such plan; "(3) the adoption of administrative guidelines so that school officials and staff are encouraged to report all serious crimes occurring in school or in school buildings to local law enforcement agencies; "(4) planning and evaluation activities; "(5) other specially designed programs or projects that meet the purpose of this part; "(b) Funds may also be used for minor alteration of school plants and facilities, including the acquisition, installation, modernization, or replacement of equipment to reduce the susceptibility of the facility to crimes or vandalism. No more than 10 percent of the funds under any plan shall be used for this purpose. "(c) The Commissioner shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to provide for the suspension of funding under this part to any local educational agency which the Commissioner determines has not complied with, the requirements of subsection (a)(3), "(d) The Commissioner shall consult with the Associate Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for the purpose of coordinating programs and activities funded under this section with those related programs funded under the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974.

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