Stronger Schools Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5668 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5668

    To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local 
 educational agencies to make physical improvements at the elementary 
 schools and secondary schools served by such agencies, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 30, 2025

 Mr. Van Drew introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                  Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
    To authorize the Secretary of Education to make grants to local 
 educational agencies to make physical improvements at the elementary 
 schools and secondary schools served by such agencies, 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 ``Stronger Schools Act''.

SEC. 2. PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Education shall make grants, on a 
competitive basis, to local educational agencies to perform the 
physical improvements referred to in subsection (b) for elementary 
schools and secondary schools served by such agencies.
    (b) Use of Funds.--Each local educational agency receiving a grant 
under subsection (a) shall use such funds to ensure each elementary 
school and secondary school served by such agency--
            (1) hires a school resource officer who carries a firearm; 
        and
            (2) establishes a single point of entry that includes a 
        locked anteroom--
                    (A) in which all guests of such school are 
                inspected by such officer prior to entry into another 
                area of such school; and
                    (B) which has metal detectors at such point of 
                entry.
    (c) Application.--To receive a grant under subsection (a), a local 
educational agency shall submit to the Secretary an application at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
may require.
    (d) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this section, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the 
implementation of subsection (a).
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) ESEA terms.--The terms ``elementary school'', ``local 
        educational agency'', ``secondary school'', and ``State 
        educational agency'' have the meaning given such terms in 
        section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
        1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (2) School resource officer.--The term ``school resource 
        officer'' has the meaning given such term in section 1709 of 
        the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
        U.S.C. 10389).
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