By:  West                                        S.R. No. 879
                                   SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-1        WHEREAS, The numerous incidents of crime and violence at the
    1-2  campuses of our state's primary and secondary schools are
    1-3  threatening the health and safety of the schoolchildren in the
    1-4  State of Texas; and
    1-5        WHEREAS, More and more weapons are being confiscated on
    1-6  school premises, creating a nonconducive learning environment; and
    1-7        WHEREAS, It is essential that the atmosphere of crime and
    1-8  violence that surrounds our public schools be curbed in order to
    1-9  create a more positive learning environment; and
   1-10        WHEREAS, The State Board of Education and the Texas Juvenile
   1-11  Probation Commission have urged increased attention to issues of
   1-12  crime on and near our public school campuses; and
   1-13        WHEREAS, The allocation of resources to combat campus crime
   1-14  should be based on accurate data; and
   1-15        WHEREAS, The Central Education Roundtable Committee
   1-16  recommended collecting data on campus crime on a statewide basis to
   1-17  provide much-needed information for future allocation of state
   1-18  resources to combat campus crime; and
   1-19        WHEREAS, There is currently a shortage of state revenue to
   1-20  provide to school districts for new initiatives; now, therefore, be
   1-21  it
   1-22        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas encourage law
   1-23  enforcement officials to independently report to the Department of
    2-1  Public Safety incidents of crime that occur on public school
    2-2  campuses according to the department's uniform crime reporting
    2-3  guidelines; and, be it further
    2-4        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas encourage the
    2-5  Department of Public Safety to determine underreported areas of the
    2-6  state and conduct a random sampling of incidents of crime on public
    2-7  school campuses in those areas; and, be it further
    2-8        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 73rd
    2-9  Legislature, encourage the Central Education Agency, in accordance
   2-10  with the Department of Public Safety uniform crime reporting
   2-11  guidelines, to develop a statewide uniform crime reporting system
   2-12  for use by school districts to uniformly report incident-based
   2-13  campus crime.
   2-14                                 _____________________________________
   2-15                                        President of the Senate
   2-16                                      I hereby certify that the
   2-17                                 above Resolution was adopted by
   2-18                                 the Senate on May 29, 1993, by the
   2-19                                 following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
   2-20                                 _____________________________________
   2-21                                        Secretary of the Senate