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SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAMS

                 
2000 GENERAL SESSION

                 
STATE OF UTAH

                 
Sponsor: Ron Bigelow

                  Lloyd W. Frandsen
                  Judy Ann Buffmire
                  James R. Gowans
Bradley T. Johnson
Keele Johnson
Tammy J. Rowan
Lawanna Shurtliff
Matt Throckmorton


                  AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION; REQUIRING THE STATE BOARD OF
                  EDUCATION, THROUGH THE STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION,
                  TO SURVEY AND INVENTORY THE PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES BEING USED BY
                  SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO DETER SCHOOL VIOLENCE AND MAKE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
                  SAFE; AND REQUIRING A REPORT, TO INCLUDE FINDINGS AND
                  RECOMMENDATIONS.
                  This act enacts uncodified material.
                  Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
                      Section 1. School safety survey and inventory -- Report.
                      (1) The State Board of Education, through the state superintendent of public instruction,
                  shall:
                      (a) survey and inventory the programs and practices currently being used by the state's 40
                  school districts to deter school violence and make public schools safe;
                      (b) coordinate its survey and inventory activities with the Center for the School of the
                  Future at Utah State University and the Utah Substance Abuse and Anti-Violence Coordinating
                  Council to identify best practices in school safety and determine which practices could and should
                  be implemented at each school or in each school district throughout the state's public education
                  system to make public schools safer; and
                      (c) determine the costs and resources required to implement the programs and practices
                  identified under Subsection (1)(b) on a systemwide basis.
                      (2) The State Board of Education shall report its findings and recommendations to the
                  Public Education Interim Committee and the Strategic Planning for Public and Higher Education
                  Committee prior to November 30, 2000.


                 

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