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 1        AN  ACT  to amend the Illinois Violence Prevention Act of
 2    1995 by adding Section 25.

 3        WHEREAS, The Children of Illinois should be  learning  in
 4    school  environments that are safe and free of harm or threat
 5    of harm; and

 6        WHEREAS,  Schools  are  responsible  for  creating   safe
 7    learning environments for children; and

 8        WHEREAS, Schools can play an essential role in preventing
 9    and  intervening  to  stop violence in the lives of children;
10    and

11        WHEREAS, Many schools need resources to implement  safety
12    and violence prevention measures; therefore

13        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
14    represented in the General Assembly:

15        Section 5.  The Illinois Violence Prevention Act of  1995
16    is amended by adding Section 25 as follows:

17        (20 ILCS 4027/25 new)
18        Sec. 25.  Safe to Learn Program.
19        (a)  The Authority shall establish and administer a grant
20    program  to  be  known  as  the Safe to Learn Program.  Funds
21    appropriated to the Authority for this program shall be  used
22    to   support   and  fund  school-based  safety  and  violence
23    prevention programs that address any or all of the  following
24    components:
25             (1)  Building security, including but not limited to
26        portable metal detectors.
27             (2)  Violence prevention and intervention.
28             (3)  Crisis management.
29             (4)  Training   of   teachers   and   other   school
 
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 1        personnel.
 2        (b)  Ten  percent  of  any  funds  appropriated  for this
 3    program may be used by the  Authority  to  provide  technical
 4    assistance  and  program  support.  Five percent of any funds
 5    appropriated for this program may be used  by  the  Authority
 6    for  administration  of  this program.  Up to $500,000 of any
 7    funds appropriated for  this  program  may  be  used  by  the
 8    Authority  for each of 3 years to conduct a demonstration and
 9    evaluation of a comprehensive  prekindergarten  through  12th
10    grade  school-based  violence  prevention  program in 3 pilot
11    sites in this State.   The  Authority  shall  distribute  any
12    remaining  funds  appropriated  for  this  program  to school
13    districts in the form of  grants,  subject  to  criteria  and
14    procedures developed by the Authority.
15        (c)  This Section is repealed on July 1, 2002.

16        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect July
17    1, 1999.

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