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92_HB0678
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1 AN ACT relating to schools.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995
5 is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
6 (20 ILCS 4027/25)
7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2002)
8 Sec. 25. Safe to Learn Program.
9 (a) The Authority shall establish and administer a grant
10 program to be known as the Safe to Learn Program. Funds
11 appropriated to the Authority for this program shall be used
12 to support and fund school-based safety and violence
13 prevention programs that address any or all of the following
14 components:
15 (1) Building security, including but not limited to
16 portable metal detectors.
17 (2) Violence prevention and intervention.
18 (3) Crisis management.
19 (4) Training of teachers and other school
20 personnel.
21 (b) Ten percent of any funds appropriated for this
22 program may be used by the Authority to provide technical
23 assistance and program support. Five percent of any funds
24 appropriated for this program may be used by the Authority
25 for administration of this program. Up to $500,000 of any
26 funds appropriated for this program may be used by the
27 Authority for each of 3 years to conduct a demonstration and
28 evaluation of a comprehensive prekindergarten through 12th
29 grade school-based violence prevention program in 3 pilot
30 sites in this State. The Authority shall distribute any
31 remaining funds appropriated for this program to school
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1 districts in the form of grants, subject to criteria and
2 procedures developed by the Authority.
3 (c) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2002.
4 (Source: P.A. 91-10, eff. 7-1-99; 91-14, eff. 7-1-99.)
5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
6 becoming law.