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92_HB0678eng HB0678 Engrossed LRB9203891NTsb 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Prevention Act of 1995 5 is amended by changing Section 25 as follows: 6 (20 ILCS 4027/25) 7 (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2002) 8 Sec. 25.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 HB0678 Engrossed -2- LRB9203891NTsb 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districts in the form of grants, subject to criteria and 2 procedures developed by the Authority. 3(c) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2002.4 (Source: P.A. 91-10, eff. 7-1-99; 91-14, eff. 7-1-99.) 5 Section 99.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.