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This resolution declares that all school students have the right to the surety that schools
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readiness of school personnel to deal with any incident that may arise.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the {name of state legislative body} does

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hereby urge and request the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to
comprehensively examine actions taken by school boards, school system staffs, and
school administrators to prevent school violence and to deal with incidents of violence in
schools and on school property, and to report in writing to the House and Senate
Committees on Education, prior to the convening of the 2001 Regular Session of the
Legislature, study findings and recommendations for legislation or administrative actions
to improve the preparedness of {name of state} public school systems and personnel to
deal with school violence.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this Resolution be transmitted to the

president of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and to the state
superintendent for public elementary and secondary education.
Adopted by ALEC's Criminal Justice Task Force at the States and Nation Policy Summit
December 9, 1999. Approved by full ALEC Board of Directors January, 2000.

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