Notes

1. U.S. Department of Education (1998). Annual Report on School Safety: 1998, Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, p. 2.

2. Heaviside, Sheila, Cassandra Rowand, Catrina Williams, et al. (1998). Violence and Discipline Problems in U.S. Public Schools: 1996–97. Washington, DC: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education.

3. Supra note 1, at iv.

4. Id.

5. Supra note 1, at 3.

6. 20 U.S.C. § 7102 (2001).

7. 20 U.S.C. § 7117 (2001).

8. 20 U.S.C. § 7112 (2001).

9. Id.

10. Supra note 1, at 8.

11. For example, ALA. CODE § 16-6B-7 (2001); CAL. PENAL CODE §§ 628–628.6 (Deering 2001); DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 14, § 4112 (2000); KAN. STAT. ANN. § 72-89b03 (2000); KY. REV. STAT. § 158.444 (2001); LA. REV. STAT. § 17:13.1 (2000); MICH. STAT. ANN. § 380.1310a (Law. Co-op. 2000); MINN. STAT. § 121A.06 (2000) (limited to reports of dangerous weapon incidents in school zones); N.J. STAT. §§ 18A:17-46, 48 (2001); N.M. STAT. ANN. § 22-1-7 (2000) (limited to violence on school employees and vandalism to school property); N.C. GEN. STAT. § 115C-12 (2000); PA. STAT. ANN. 24 § 13-1303-A (2000); S.C. CODE ANN. §§ 59-63-310–340 (2000); TENN. CODE ANN. § 49-6-4216 (2001); VA. CODE § 22.1-280.1 (2000); WASH. CODE § 43.70.545 (2001).

12. DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 14, § 4112 (2000); S.C. CODE ANN. §§ 59-63-310–390 (2000).

13. For example, MICH. STAT. ANN. § 380.1310a (Law. Co-op. 2000); N.M. STAT. ANN. § 22-1-7 (2000); N.C. GEN. STAT. § 115C-12 (2000); TENN. CODE ANN. § 49-6-4216 (2001); VA. CODE § 22.1-280.1 (2000).

14. For example, MICH. STAT. ANN. § 380.1310a (Law. Co-op. 2000); VA. CODE § 22.1-280.1 (2000).

15. KAN. STAT. ANN. § 72-89b03 (2000); MINN. STAT. § 121A.06 (2000).

16. For example, ALA. CODE § 16-1-24 (2001); DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 14, § 4112 (2000); KAN. STAT. ANN. § 72-89b03 (2000); KY. REV. STAT. § 158.444 (2001); MICH. STAT. ANN. § 380.1308 (Law. Co-op. 2000) (incidents occurring within 1,000 feet of school property); S.C. CODE ANN. § 59-63-350 (2000); TENN. CODE ANN. § 49-6-4216 (2001); VA. CODE ANN. § 22.1-280.1 (2001).

17. For example, CAL. PENAL CODE § 628.1 (Bender 2001); MINN. STAT. § 121A.06 (2000); PA. STAT. ANN. 24 § 13-1303-A (2000);
S.C. CODE ANN. § 59-63-320 (2000); TENN. CODE ANN. § 49-6-4216 (2001).

18. MINN. STAT. § 121A.06 (2000).

19. GA. CODE. ANN. § 20-2-1184 (2000).

20. ALA. CODE § 16-1-24 (2001).

21. ALA. CODE § 16-6B-7 (2001).

22. MICH. STAT. ANN. § 380.1310a (Law. Co-op. 2000).

23. N.J. STAT. § 18A:17-46 (2001).

24. VA. CODE § 22.1-280.1 (2000).

25. For example, ALA. CODE § 16-6B-7 (2001); KAN. STAT. ANN. § 72-89b03 (2000); N.J. STAT. § 18A:17-48 (2001).

26. S.C. CODE ANN. §§ 59-63-330, 59-24-60 (2000).

27. For example, ALA. CODE § 16-1-24 (2001); ARK. STAT. ANN. § 6-17-113 (2001); CONN. GEN. STAT. § 10-233g (2001) (limited to physical assaults made by a student on a teacher or other school employee); GA. CODE ANN. §§ 20-2-756, -1184 (2000); 105 ILL. COMP. STAT. §§ 5/10-20.14, -21.7, 5/34-84a.1 (2001); KAN. STAT. ANN. § 72-89(b)03 (2000); LA. REV. STAT. § 17:81.7 (2000); MICH. STAT. ANN. § 380.1310a (Law. Co-op. 2000); MISS. CODE ANN. § 37-11-29 (2001); MO. REV. STAT. § 160.261 (2001); NEB. REV. STAT. § 79-293 (2001); N.H. REV. STAT. ANN. § 193-D:4 (2000); TEX. EDUC. CODE ANN. § 37.015 (Vernon 2000).

28. 105 ILL. COMP. STAT. §§ 5/10-20.14, -21.7, 5/34-84a.1 (2001).

29. NEB. REV. STAT. § 79-293 (2001).

30. TEX. EDUC. CODE ANN. § 37.015 (Vernon 2000).

31. VA. CODE ANN. § 22.1-280.1 (2000). Criminal conduct that must be reported includes assault, battery, sexual assault, death, shooting, stabbing, cutting, wounding, drug-related incidents, carrying firearms, and threats against school personnel, when the offense would be a felony if committed by an adult.

32. For example, ALA. CODE § 16-1-24 (2000); ARK. STAT. ANN. § 6-17-113 (2001); GA. CODE ANN. §§ 20-2-984.2, -1184 (2000); N.H. REV. STAT. ANN. § 193-D:6 (2000); S.C. CODE ANN. § 59-63-335 (2000) (failure to report information concerning school-related crime subjects school administrator and school district to liability for attorney fees and costs for action to compel compliance).

33. For example, GA. CODE ANN. §§ 20-2-756, -1184 (2000); MISS. CODE ANN. § 37-11-29 (2000); MO. REV. STAT. § 160.261 (2001); N.J. REV. STAT. § 18A:17-47 (2001); S.C. CODE ANN. § 59-63-380 (2000); TEX. EDUC. CODE ANN. § 37.015 (Vernon 2000).

34. S.C. CODE ANN. § 59-63-380 (2000).

35. N.J. REV. STAT. § 18A:17-47 (2001).

36. For example, CAL. PENAL CODE § 291.1 (Deering 2001), CAL. WELF. & INST. CODE § 828.1 (Deering 2001); COLO. REV. STAT. § 13-1-130 (2000); FLA. STAT. § 230.335 (2000); 105 ILL. COMP. STAT. § 5/10-20.14 (2001); MD. EDUC. CODE ANN. § 7-303 (2001); MICH. STAT. ANN. § 380.1535a (Law. Co-op. 2000); NEV. REV. STAT. §§ 62.465, 200.278 (2001); UTAH CODE ANN. § 53-10-211 (2000); VA. CODE § 22.1-280.1 (2000); WASH. REV. CODE ANN. § 43.43.845 (2001); WIS. STAT. § 973.135 (2000).

37. CAL. PENAL CODE § 291.1 (Deering 2001).

38. FLA. STAT. § 230.335 (2000).

39. UTAH CODE ANN. § 53-10-211 (2000).

40. For example, COLO. REV. STAT. § 13-1-130 (2000); MICH. STAT. ANN. § 380.1535a (Law. Co-op. 2000); WASH. REV. CODE ANN. § 43.43.845 (2001).

41. MD. EDUC. CODE ANN. § 7-303 (2001).

42. Id.

43. KY. REV. STAT. § 610.345 (2001).

44. MONT. CODE ANN. § 41-5-215 (2000).

45. For example, CAL. WELF. & INST. CODE § 828.1 (Deering 2001); KY. REV. STAT. §§ 161.195, 610.345 (2001); MO. REV. STAT. § 160.261 (2001).

46. KY. REV. STAT. § 610.345 (2001).

47. DEL. CODE ANN. tit. 14, § 4112 (2000).

48. IOWA CODE § 280.25 (2001).

49. MONT. CODE ANN. § 41-5-215 (2000).

50. FLA. STAT. § 230.235 (2000).

51. PA. STAT. ANN. 24 § 13-1303-A (2000).

52. Weaver, Mary Tobias (1994). “Gazing Into a Crystal Ball.” School Safety, Winter: 9.

53. In response to the need for reliable information concerning school crime, California lawmakers suspended data collection efforts until procedural regulations were put in place. See statutory note to CAL. PENAL CODE § 628.2 (Deering 2001).

54. CAL. PENAL CODE § 628.4 (2001).

55. Supra note 1, at 8.

56. See also Weaver, supra note 52.

57. The Recommendations of the Crime, Violence, and Discipline Reporting Task Force can be found on the Internet at www.ed.gov/NCES.

58. For example, FLA. STAT. § 230.23185 (2000); MISS. CODE ANN. § 37-3-81 (2001); VA. CODE § 22.1-280.2 (2000).

59. VA. CODE § 22.1-280.2 (2000).

60. “Around the Nation.” Law Enforcement News 25:517, 2 (September 15, 1999).

61. Dierke, James S. (1996). “Principal’s Hotline Reduces School Crime.” School Safety, Winter.

62. DEL. CODE tit. 14, § 4112A–C (2000).

63. KY. REV. STAT. § 158.442 (2001); TENN. CODE ANN. § 49-6-4302 (2001).

64. KY. REV. STAT. § 158.442 (2001). In addition, the center evaluates school safety programs that provide technical assistance to schools, law enforcement agencies, and communities.

65. S.C. CODE ANN. § 59-63-335 (2000).

66. VA. CODE § 22.1-280.1 (2000).