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AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 1281
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE DAVIDSON
Printer's No. 2271
1Amend Bill, page 1, line 12, by inserting after "projects;"
2 in safe schools, further providing for Office of Safe Schools;
3Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 1 and 2
4(2) Effective school safety measures enhance the
5efficiency of school operations and help ensure the
6responsible and prudent use of taxpayer funds.
7Amend Bill, page 2, line 2, by striking out "(2)" and
8inserting
9 (3)
10Amend Bill, page 2, line 6, by striking out "(3)" and
11inserting
12 (4)
13Amend Bill, page 2, line 11, by striking out "(4)" and
14inserting
15 (5)
16Amend Bill, page 2, line 15, by striking out "(5)" and
17inserting
18 (6)
19Amend Bill, page 2, by inserting between lines 19 and 20
20(ii) Authorize and empower the Office for Safe
21Schools to develop telephone hotlines and Internet
22notification systems to report potential or actual
23violence or possession of weapons on school property.
24Amend Bill, page 2, line 20, by striking out "(ii)" and
25inserting
26 (iii)
1Amend Bill, page 2, line 26, by striking out "(iii)" and
2inserting
3 (iv)
4Amend Bill, page 27, by inserting between lines 3 and 4
5Section 5.1. Section 1302-A(b) of the act is amended by
6adding a paragraph to read:
7Section 1302-A. Office for Safe Schools.--* * *
8(b) The office shall have the power and duty to implement
9the following:
10* * *
11(10) To develop, subject to funding appropriated by the
12General Assembly for this purpose, telephone hotlines and
13Internet notification systems ensuring anonymity to be used by
14students, parents, teachers, school employes and members of the
15community to report potential or actual violence or possession
16of weapons on school property. In complying with this paragraph
17the office may contract with any State agency or intermediate
18unit for the provision of services.
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