---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 5962"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "5962"
heading: "Safe schools program authorized"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/5962"
units:
  - "Chapter 68 — National Education Reform"
  - "Subchapter VII — Safe Schools"
---

# §5962. Safe schools program authorized

- (a) **Authority—**
  - (1) **In general—** From funds appropriated pursuant to the authority of [subsection (b)(1)](#b-1), the [Secretary](/usc/20/5802.md?p=a-12) shall make competitive grants to eligible [local educational agencies](/usc/20/5802.md?p=a-6) to enable such agencies to carry out projects and activities designed to achieve Goal Six[^1] of the National Education Goals by helping to ensure that all [schools](/usc/20/5802.md?p=a-11) are safe and free of violence.
  - (2) **Grant duration and amount—** Grants under this subchapter may not exceed—
    - (A) two fiscal years in duration; and
    - (B) $3,000,000.
  - (3) **Geographic distribution—** To the extent practicable, grants under this subchapter shall be awarded to eligible [local educational agencies](/usc/20/5802.md?p=a-6) serving rural, as well as urban, areas.
- (b) **Authorization of appropriations and reservation—**
  - (1) **Authorization—** There are authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1994 to carry out this subchapter.
  - (2) **Reservation—** The [Secretary](/usc/20/5802.md?p=a-12) is authorized in each fiscal year to reserve not more than 10 percent of the amount appropriated pursuant to the authority of [paragraph (1)](#b-1) to carry out national activities described in [section 5966 of this title](/usc/20/5966.md), of which 50 percent of such amount shall be available in such fiscal year to carry out the program described in [section 5966(b) of this title](/usc/20/5966.md?p=b).

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be “Goal Seven”.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–227, title VII, § 702, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 204.)