Enhance School Safety Act

Enhance School Safety Act

This bill authorizes local educational agencies to use grant funds provided through the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program for the purchase and use of school security measures, including security cameras and metal detectors.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4465 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4465

 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow 
local educational agencies to use certain grant funds provided through 
the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program for school security 
                   measures, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 24, 2019

  Mr. Tipton introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow 
local educational agencies to use certain grant funds provided through 
the Student Support and Academic Enrichment Program for school security 
                   measures, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Enhance School Safety Act''.

SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that giving local educational agencies 
the choice to use certain grant funds, provided through the Student 
Support and Academic Enrichment Program, for school security measures 
achieves the goals of providing all students with access to a well-
rounded education, improving school conditions for student learning and 
safety, and ensuring a safe learning environment.

SEC. 3. ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT SAFE AND HEALTHY STUDENTS.

    Section 4108(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7118(5)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (I), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(J) the purchase and use of school security 
                measures, including security cameras and metal 
                detectors.''.
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