HR 1895 106th Congress House Education Authorization Child safety Community policing Counseling Crime and Law Enforcement Crime prevention Delinquency prevention Department of Education Department of Justice Economics and Public Finance Education of disadvantaged children Educational counseling Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Elementary school students Families Federal aid to education Federal aid to law enforcement Government Operations and Politics

School Anti-Violence Empowerment Act

Introduced: May 20, 1999 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps

Introduced

In committee

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Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Jun 11, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

Jun 4, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.

May 20, 1999

Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

May 20, 1999

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

School Anti-Violence Empowerment Act - Title I: School Safety Programs - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive grants to local educational agencies (LEAs) for: (1) crisis intervention programs, including the hiring of school counselors; and (2) school safety programs for students, staff, and school facilities. Requires reservation of 50 percent of funds under this title for grants to hire school counselors, and the other 50 percent for grants for school safety programs.

Requires awards to be based on one or more of the following factors: (1) quality of existing or proposed violence prevention program; (2) greatest need for crisis intervention counseling services; and (3) documented financial need based on number of students served under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA).

Authorizes appropriations.

Title II: Increased COPS Funding - Amends the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend through FY 2004 the authorization of appropriations for certain grant programs for Community Policing and "Cops on the Beat" (COPS program). Requires 50 percent of such funds to be used for cooperative partnerships between schools and State and local police departments to provide for the use of police officers in schools. Eliminates provisions for decreasing Federal matching funds and for terminating grant program authority (thus making the authority permanent).

Title III: 21st Century Learning - Amends ESEA to extend through FY 2004 the authorization of appropriations for after-school and life skills programs for at-risk youth.

Title IV: Model Program and Clearinghouse - Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a model violence prevention program to be made available to LEAs; and (2) establish and maintain a national clearinghouse to provide LEAs with information on alternative violence prevention programs, and technical assistance to establish and to operate such programs.

What's happening now June 11, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

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