HB 2124 -- School Safety and School Violence Prevention

Sponsor:  Aull

This bill creates the School Safety and School Violence
Prevention Fund and requires, beginning with Fiscal Year 2010,
the General Assembly to appropriate to the Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education $1.5 million to be placed in
the fund.  The department must select an existing agency or
establish a new one to be the statewide center for school safety
and school violence prevention, which will receive moneys from
the fund.  The center will provide services including, but are
not limited to, violence prevention and intervention programs and
models; guidance on building safety and emergency plans;
assistance in staff development on school safety; publication of
newsletters and maintenance of a web site; annual training for
school safety coordinators; acting as an information
clearinghouse; and collaboration with national, state, and local
agencies on school safety issues.  The center will annually
furnish a budget to the department and a summary of its services
and programs to be shared with the General Assembly.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated February 26, 2008 at 11:21 am