Sec. 3. School Discipline Policy
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The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 ( 42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after title V the following new title: There is hereby established within the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention an Office of School and Discipline Policy (referred to in this title as the Office ), headed by a Director appointed by the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The purpose of the Office shall be to reduce the number of juveniles who are incarcerated and develop a criminal record based on activity that occurs while the juvenile is at school.
The Office shall— collect and publish data, in collaboration with the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education, relating to the arrest and incarceration of juvenile students for violations of school rules or policies; work with States, units of local government, local educational agencies, and non-governmental organizations in order to expand the use of alternatives to detention and incarceration programming in schools in order to reduce the number of juvenile students who are arrested and incarcerated for violating school rules or policies; and collect and publish data, in collaboration with the Office of Justice Programs, relating to the relationship between the presence of a school resource officer at a school and the rate of juvenile students who are arrested and incarcerated for violations of school rules or policies.
The Director may make grants to States, units of local government, and local educational agencies in order to further the purpose described in section 601(b). A State, unit of local government, or local educational agency seeking a grant under this section shall submit an application to the Director at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Director may reasonably require. The Director shall give preference in awarding grants to an applicant that demonstrates that it has, at the time of submitting an application, begun to take steps to further the purpose described in section 601(b).
A State, unit of local government or local educational agency that receives a grant under this section shall use such funds for programs that reduce the rate of juvenile students who are arrested and incarcerated for violations of school rules or policies, and any other activity that the Director determines will further the purpose described in section 601(b). In this title: The term school means an elementary school or a secondary school as such terms are defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ).
The term school resource officer has the meaning given such term in section 1709 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 ( 42 U.S.C. 3796dd–8 ). The term local educational agency has the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ). The term juvenile student means a juvenile who is enrolled in school. There is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 to carry out this title. .
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