This bill requires the Department of Education to award grants to local education agencies to secure elementary and secondary schools, including by completing a security assessment for each school and making improvements based on such assessment.
[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5107 Introduced in House (IH)]
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115th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5107
To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to
secure elementary schools and secondary schools.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 27, 2018
Mr. Williams introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To direct the Secretary of Education to carry out a grant program to
secure elementary schools and secondary schools.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS.
It is the sense of Congress that the top priority of the Department
of Education should be to keep American children safe in schools.
SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM TO SECURE SCHOOLS.
(a) In General.--From the amounts appropriated to carry out this
Act, the Secretary of Education shall award grants to local educational
agencies to secure the elementary schools and secondary schools served
by such agencies.
(b) Application.--To receive a grant under this Act, a local
educational agency shall submit an application to the Secretary of
Education at such time, in such manner, and containing such information
that the Secretary may require, which shall include the results of an
independent security assessment.
(c) Uses of Funds.--A local educational agency receiving a grant
under this Act--
(1) shall use such grant to make the necessary improvements
to the security of the elementary schools and secondary schools
served by the agency based upon the vulnerabilities determined
in the individual security assessment completed by the agency
under subsection (b);
(2) may use such grant to cover the cost of such
assessment; and
(3) may not use such grant for expenses unrelated to the
cost of such assessment or such necessary improvements.
(d) Funds.--Any amounts appropriated or otherwise made available to
the Secretary of Education for any purpose for a fiscal year may be
made available for this Act for that fiscal year, notwithstanding any
provision of law with respect to the purpose, reprogramming, or
transfer of such amounts.
(e) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) ESEA terms.--The terms ``elementary school'', ``local
educational agency'', and ``secondary school'' have the
meanings given such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
(2) Independent security assessment.--The term
``independent security assessment'' means an assessment--
(A) conducted by an organization that does not have
a business relationship with the local educational
agency for which the assessment is being conducted; and
(B) for which the content is determined by the
Secretary of Education.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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