Senator BENNETT proposed the following amendment (419R076.SP.SMB):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, PART IX, Miscellaneous, by adding an appropriately numbered new SECTION to read:

/SECTION __. Section 59-63-335 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 59-63-335. (A) Failure of a school administrator to report criminal conduct as set forth in Section 59-24-60 or failure to report information concerning school-related crime pursuant to Section 59-63-330 shall subject the administrator and the school district to liability for payment of a party's attorney's fees and the costs associated with an action to seek a writ of mandamus to compel the administrator and school district to comply with Section 59-24-60 or 59-63-330.

(B) If a school district fails to report criminal conduct as set forth in Section 59-24-60 or fails to report information concerning school-related crime pursuant to Section 59-63-330, then the State Department of Education shall withhold one percent of the school district's funds allocated to the Education Finance Act formula as provided in the annual appropriations bill providing for state aid to classrooms." /