Sec. 6. Establishment of the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund
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A fund to be known as the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund is hereby created within the Department of Justice and is continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal year for carrying out the purposes of this chapter. For purposes of the calculations required, funds transferred to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund shall be considered general fund revenues which may be appropriated pursuant to Article I. On or before July 31, 2016, and on or before July 31 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Justice shall calculate the savings that accrued from the implementation of the act adding this chapter ( this act ) during the fiscal year ending June 30, as compared to the fiscal year preceding the enactment of this act.
In making the calculation required by this subdivision, the Department shall use actual data or best available estimates where actual data is not available. The calculation shall be final and shall not be adjusted for any subsequent changes in the underlying data. The Department of Justice shall certify the results of the calculation to Congress no later than August 1 of each fiscal year. Before August 15, 2016, and before August 15 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Department shall transfer from the General Fund to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund the total amount calculated.
Funds transferred to the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund shall be used exclusively for the purposes of this act and shall not be subject to appropriation or transfer by the Legislature for any other purpose. The funds in the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund may be used without regard to fiscal year. By August 15 of each fiscal year beginning in 2016, the Controller shall disburse moneys deposited in the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund as follows: Fifteen percent to the Department of Education, to administer a grant program to public agencies aimed at improving outcomes for public school pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, by reducing truancy and supporting students who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime.
Ten percent to the Federal Crime Victim Assistance Fund, to make grants to trauma recovery centers to provide services to victims of crime pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 112. Twenty-five percent to Federal Reentry/Drug Court programs operated by the U.S. District Courts, U.S. Probation Office, Federal Public Defender and U.S. Attorney’s Office to administer a grant program to public agencies aimed at supporting mental health treatment, substance abuse treatment, and diversion programs for people in the criminal justice system, with an emphasis on programs that reduce recidivism of people convicted of less serious crimes, such as those covered by this measure, and those who have substance abuse and mental health problems.
Fifty percent to the General Treasury in order to pay down the national debt. For each program set forth in paragraphs
(1)to (3), inclusive, of subdivision (a), the agency responsible for administering the programs shall not spend more than 5 percent of the total funds it receives from the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund on an annual basis for administrative costs. Every two years, the Department of Justice shall conduct an audit of the grant programs operated by the agencies specified in paragraphs
(1)to (3), inclusive, of subdivision
(a)to ensure the funds are disbursed and expended solely according to this chapter and shall report his or her findings to the relevant Congressional committees. Any costs incurred by the Department of Justice in connection with the administration of the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund, including the costs of the calculation and the audit required, shall be deducted from the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund before the funds are disbursed pursuant to subdivision (a). The funding established pursuant to this act shall be used to expand programs for public school pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, victims of crime, and mental health and substance abuse treatment and diversion programs for people in the criminal justice system. These funds shall not be used to supplant existing State or local funds utilized for these purposes. Agencies shall not be obligated to provide programs or levels of service described in this chapter above the level for which funding has been provided.
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Establishment of the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Fund
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