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S.44
Sponsor: Sen Helms, Jesse(introduced 1/19/1999)
Latest Major Action: 1/20/1999 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.
Title: A bill to amend the Gun-Free Schools act of 1994 to require a local educational agency that receives funds under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to expel a student determined to be in possession of an illegal drug, or illegal drug paraphernalia, on school property, in addition to expelling a student determined to be in possession of a gun, and for other purposes.
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1/19/1999:
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
1/20/1999:
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5.
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SUMMARY AS OF:
1/19/1999--Introduced.

Safe Schools Act of 1999 - Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to require a local educational agency that receives ESEA funds to expel a student determined to be in possession of an illegal drug, or illegal drug paraphernalia (or, as under current law, in possession of a gun) on school property. Renames the Gun-Free Schools Act of 1994 as the Safe Schools Act of 1999.