Sec. 304. Making routes to schools in underserved communities safe and accessible with public participation through the Community Oriented Policing Services Program
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Section 1701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796dd ) is amended— in subsection (b)— in paragraph (16), by striking and after the semicolon; by redesignating paragraph
(17)as paragraph (18), and in such paragraph
(18)(as so redesignated), by striking through
(16)and inserting through
(17); and by inserting after paragraph
(16)the following new paragraph: to award grants for Safe Routes to School-Community Oriented Policing Services programs, in accordance with subsection (l); and ; and by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, in collaboration with the Secretary of Education, shall award grants to not fewer than 10 local and tribal law enforcement agencies in low-income communities for the planning, development, and assessment of Safe Routes to School-Community Oriented Policing Services programs in accordance with this subsection. Each grant awarded under this subsection shall be for a 3-year period beginning with the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of the Fit for Life Act of 2014 , and may not be renewed. A grant awarded under this subsection shall be used by each grantee to— assess the needs of the low-income community served by the grantee with respect to the ability of elementary and secondary school students to get to and from school safely; and establish and maintain a Safe Routes to School-Community Oriented Policing Services program that ensures the availability of safe routes to and from school for elementary and secondary school students in underserved communities by addressing the unique personal safety dangers to students in such communities that may cause routes to or from school to be unsafe, such as dangers associated with crime, drug or gang activity, abandoned properties, and the presence of sexual predators. Not later than one year after receiving a grant award under this subsection, and annually thereafter, each grantee shall submit to the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services a report on the Safe Routes to School-Community Oriented Policing Services program carried out by the grantee that includes— a description of the activities carried out with such grant during the preceding year; the effectiveness of such activities in ensuring safe routes to and from school for elementary and secondary school students; a description of the activities the grantee plans to carry out with such grant in succeeding years; and best practices, plans, and findings for purposes of incorporation into urban planning and development in underserved communities in succeeding years. The term low-income communities includes— communities with a high percentage of children eligible for free and reduced priced lunches under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq. ); and any other communities determined by the Director of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services to be low-income for purposes of this section. .
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Making routes to schools in underserved communities safe and accessible with public participation through the Community Oriented Policing Services Program
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