(c) In addition to the powers and duties set forth under subsection (b), the office is authorized to make targeted grants to school entities, and to intermediate units on behalf of nonpublic schools, to fund programs which address school violence, including:
(1) Conflict resolution or dispute management, including restorative justice strategies.
(1.1) School-wide positive behavior support that includes primary or universal, secondary and tertiary supports and interventions in school entities.
(1.2) School-based diversion programs.
(2) Peer helpers programs.
(3) Risk assessment, safety-related, violence prevention curricula, including, but not limited to, dating violence curricula and restorative justice strategies.
(4) Classroom management.
(5) Student codes of conduct.
(6) Training to undertake a districtwide assessment of risk factors that increase the likelihood of problem behaviors among students.
(7) Development and implementation of research-based violence prevention programs that address risk factors to reduce incidents of problem behaviors among students including, but not limited to, bullying.
(8) Comprehensive, districtwide school safety, violence prevention, emergency preparedness and all-hazards plans, including revisions or updates to such plans and conducting emergency preparedness drills and related activities with local emergency responders.
(9) Security planning, purchase of security-related technology which may include metal detectors, protective lighting, surveillance equipment, special emergency communications equipment, electronic locksets, deadbolts and theft control devices and training in the use of security-related technology. Security planning and purchase of security-related technology shall be based on safety needs identified by the school entity's board of directors.
(10) Institution of student, staff and visitor identification systems, including criminal background check software.
(11) Deleted by 2013, July 18, P.L. 571, No. 70, § 1, imd. effective.
(12) Provision of specialized staff and student training programs, including training for Student Assistance Program team members in elementary, middle and high schools in the referral of students at risk of violent behavior to appropriate community-based services, including mental health services.
(13) Alternative education programs provided for in Article XIX-C.
(14) Counseling services for students enrolled in alternative education programs.
(15) An Internet web-based system for the management of student discipline, including misconduct and criminal offenses.
(16) Staff training programs in the use of positive behavior supports, de-escalation techniques and appropriate responses to student behavior that may require immediate intervention.
(17) The implementation of Article XIII-E.