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Public Act 92-0409
HB0678 Enrolled LRB9203891NTsb
AN ACT relating to schools.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Violence Prevention Act of 1995
is amended by changing Section 25 as follows:
(20 ILCS 4027/25)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2002)
Sec. 25. Safe to Learn Program.
(a) The Authority shall establish and administer a grant
program to be known as the Safe to Learn Program. Funds
appropriated to the Authority for this program shall be used
to support and fund school-based safety and violence
prevention programs that address any or all of the following
components:
(1) Building security, including but not limited to
portable metal detectors.
(2) Violence prevention and intervention.
(3) Crisis management.
(4) Training of teachers and other school
personnel.
(b) Ten percent of any funds appropriated for this
program may be used by the Authority to provide technical
assistance and program support. Five percent of any funds
appropriated for this program may be used by the Authority
for administration of this program. Up to $500,000 of any
funds appropriated for this program may be used by the
Authority for each of 3 years to conduct a demonstration and
evaluation of a comprehensive prekindergarten through 12th
grade school-based violence prevention program in 3 pilot
sites in this State. The Authority shall distribute any
remaining funds appropriated for this program to school
districts in the form of grants, subject to criteria and
procedures developed by the Authority.
(c) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2005 2002.
(Source: P.A. 91-10, eff. 7-1-99; 91-14, eff. 7-1-99.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 22, 2001.
Approved August 17, 2001.
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