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SCHOOL SAFETY PROGRAMS

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2000 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Ron Bigelow

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

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

             29      Public Education Interim Committee and the Strategic Planning for Public and Higher Education
             30      Committee prior to November 30, 2000.




Legislative Review Note
    as of 11-17-99 2:59 PM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel


Committee Note

The Education Interim Committee recommended this bill.

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