| This bill implements part of the recommendations of the |
| Commission to Study Providing Educators with More Authority to |
| Remove Violent Students from Educational Settings. The bill |
| directs and provides funding for the Department of Education to |
| provide technical assistance to schools in developing violence |
| prevention and intervention training for educators, staff and |
| students. The bill also establishes a grant program to be |
| administered by the Department of Education to support the |
| establishment of conflict resolution and peer mediation programs |
| in schools. Finally, the bill provides funding support for the |
| Attorney General's Civil Rights Team Project. |
