A bill to amend title XI of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide assistance to institutions of higher education to enable such institutions to support programs that are designed to address urban campus and community crime issues.

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Amends title XI (Partnerships for Economic Development and Urban Community Service) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a Campus-Community Crime Intervention Program. Authorizes the Secretary of Education (the Secretary) to award program grants to and enter into cooperative agreements with institutions of higher education to design and implement programs that address pressing and severe crime problems in urban institutions of higher education and the surrounding community, including the root causes of such problems. Requires such awards to be made in a manner that: (1) achieves a regionally equitable distribution of such grants; and (2) serves eight urban institutions of higher education with documented campus and community crime problems. Sets the duration of each grant or cooperative agreement at five years. Sets a maximum amount for each grant or cooperative agreement. Sets forth application requirements and allowable activities. Authorizes the Secretary to award demonstration program grants to or enter into cooperative agreements with institutions of higher education to support programs demonstrating to urban institutions of higher education across the Nation the role that such institutions can play as partners in their communities to address pressing and severe crime problems and such problems' root causes. Directs the Secretary to enter into eight such demonstration grants or contracts. Sets forth application requirements and authorized activities. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993 through 1997 to carry out this Act.

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

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• Introduced in Senate

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