1-1 1 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 112 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to 1-4 designate January 29, 2001, as Texas School Safety Day at the 1-5 Capitol and to recognize the Texas School Safety Center on the 1-6 occasion of its annual summit in Austin; and 1-7 WHEREAS, The annual School Safety Summit is one of many 1-8 events sponsored by the Texas School Safety Center in its efforts 1-9 to serve those Texas schools that are developing and implementing 1-10 policies and programs aimed at providing students with a safe 1-11 learning environment; and 1-12 WHEREAS, The center's annual summit focuses on 1-13 school-family-community mobilization to reduce violence and 1-14 promote school safety; at the summit, professionals present 1-15 model programs and practices regarding school security, crisis 1-16 planning and prevention, gang prevention, drug prevention, 1-17 interagency cooperation, peer mediation, youth involvement, 1-18 and school climate; and 1-19 WHEREAS, Recent studies on the incidence of school 1-20 violence indicate that 10 percent of the public schools in the 1-21 United States experience serious violent crime, such as murder, 1-22 rape, suicide, physical fight with a weapon, or robbery; from 2-1 July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1998, there were 60 2-2 school-associated violent deaths in the United States; and 2-3 WHEREAS, In 1998, 253,000 students ages 12 through 18 2-4 were victims of nonfatal crimes, and from 1994 through 1998, 2-5 teachers were victims of 1,755,000 nonfatal crimes at school, 2-6 including theft, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault; and 2-7 WHEREAS, The Texas Juvenile Probation Commission 2-8 statistics for the year 1998 indicate that there was one 2-9 juvenile violent crime referral every hour, a homicide referral 2-10 every three days, a sexual assault referral every five and 2-11 one-half hours, an aggravated assault every two hours, a burglary 2-12 referral every 64 minutes, and a drug referral every 32 minutes; 2-13 now, therefore, be it 2-14 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-15 77th Legislature, hereby commend the Texas School Safety Center 2-16 on its efforts to reduce school-related violence and to promote 2-17 school safety and encourage all Texans to pay tribute to the 2-18 center on Texas School Safety Day at the Capitol; and, be it 2-19 further 2-20 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared 2-21 for the Texas School Safety Center as an expression of esteem 2-22 from the Texas Senate. 2-23 Shapiro 2-24 ______________________________________ 2-25 President of the Senate 3-1 I hereby certify that the above 3-2 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 3-3 on January 29, 2001. 3-4 ______________________________________ 3-5 Secretary of the Senate 3-6 ______________________________________ 3-7 Member, Texas Senate