Sec. 3. Deinstitutionalization of status offenders
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Section 223 of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 ( 34 U.S.C. 11133 ) is amended— in subsection (a)— in paragraph (11)(A)(i)(III), by inserting a runaway before held ; and in paragraph (23)— in subparagraph (C)(iii)— in subclause (I)(dd), by striking 7 and inserting 3 ; and in subclause (II), by striking and at the end; in subparagraph (D)— by striking 7 and inserting 3 ; and by adding and at the end; and by inserting after subparagraph
(D)the following: the juvenile may only be held in a secure detention facility or secure correctional facility if the detention— is pursuant to a court order described in subparagraph (C)(iii) and the other conditions set forth in subparagraph
(C)are satisfied; and occurs only 1 time in any 6-month period; ; and by adding at the end the following: Except as provided in paragraph (2), not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subsection, no State receiving a formula grant under this part may use a valid court order described in subsection (a)(23)(C)(iii) to place a juvenile status offender in a secure detention facility or secure correctional facility. A State that can demonstrate hardship, as determined by the Administrator, may submit to the Administrator an application for a single 1-year extension of the 1-year period described in paragraph
(1)to comply with paragraph (1), which shall describe— the measurable progress and good effort in the State to reduce the number of juvenile status offenders who are placed in a secure detention facility or correctional facility pursuant to a court order described in subsection (a)(23)(C)(iii); and a plan to comply with the requirement described in paragraph
(1)not later than 1 year after the date the extension is granted. .
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