SAVE Act

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to improve school safety.

1/9/2007--Introduced.
Safe Schools Against Violence in Education Act or the SAVE Act - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require states to allow a student who is attending a public school that does not have a safe climate for academic achievement, or who becomes a victim of a violent criminal offense while on school grounds, in a school bus, or on a school function, to transfer to a safe public school within the school district. (Currently, the school must be persistently dangerous and the offense must occur on school grounds.) Requires the counseling or removal of offenders. Requires a state's determination that a school is unsafe to:
(1) be based on verifiable data reported in a consistent and uniform manner;
(2) result in ameliorative efforts by unsafe schools; and
(3) be relayed to local educational agencies (LEAs) within 45 days before the start of a school year so that LEAs can relay such information to parents in a timely manner. Amends the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities grant program to require LEAs to certify to states that the school truancy, violence, and drug and gun crime information they report is complete and accurate. Directs the Secretary of Education to publish a handbook providing guidance on specifically what incidents must be reported. Augments the information LEAs must provide states concerning students with guns to include school-related off-campus incidents and those that do not involve a student's expulsion. Requires LEAs to implement comprehensive school safety plans incorporating community input. Directs the Secretary to fund schoolwide climate surveys of students, parents, and school personnel for use in creating collaborative plans for school improvement. Gives funding priority to, and reserves program funding for, unsafe schools.


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Sponsor

• Rep. Carolyn McCarthy [D, NY-4]
• and 4 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. Henry Cuellar [D, TX-28]
  • Rep. Raul Grijalva [D, AZ-7]
  • Rep. Phil Hare [D, IL-17]
  • Rep. Stephanie Jones [D, OH-11]
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Committees

• House Education and Labor
• 1 more
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

This bill has no amendments.

Amendments to H.R.354

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
January 09, 2007

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• May 09, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
• Jan 09, 2007: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
• Introduced on Jan 09, 2007.

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Related Issue Areas:

• Parent and child
• Elementary and secondary education
• Authorization
• Budgets
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• Children
• Community and school
• Counseling
• Crime prevention
• Criminal justice
• Criminal justice information
• Department of Education
• Drug abuse
• Drug traffic
• Drugs and youth
• Education
• Educational accountability
• Educational planning
• Educational statistics
• Educational surveys
• Elementary education
• Executive departments
• Families
• Federal aid to education
• Firearms
• Firearms control
• Government information
• Government paperwork
• Government publications
• Parent-school relationships
• Parental notification
• School buses
• School choice
• School discipline
• School districts
• School security
• Secondary education
• Social services
• Student transportation
• Transportation
• Victims of crimes
• Youth violence

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September 20, 2007 Schools, colleges underreport crime

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