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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 9906 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require 

local educational agencies to develop emergency response and parental 

notification procedures for certain threats and emergencies, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 1, 2024 

Mr. MOSKOWITZ (for himself, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

of 1965 to require local educational agencies to develop 

emergency response and parental notification procedures 

for certain threats and emergencies, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Safety Notifica5 tion System Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PARENTAL NOTIFICA2 TION PROCEDURES. 

3 Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Edu4 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.) is amended 

5 by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘PART H—EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND 

7 PARENTAL NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES 

8 ‘‘SEC. 8701. EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND PARENTAL NOTI9 FICATION PROCEDURES. 

10 ‘‘(a) POLICIES AND NOTIFICATION REQUIRED.—As 

11 a condition of receiving funds under this Act, each local 

12 educational agency shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) develop and implement emergency re14 sponse procedures covering all students, faculty, and 

15 staff at public elementary and secondary schools 

16 under the jurisdiction of the agency; and 

17 ‘‘(2) pursuant to such procedures, ensure that 

18 parents and guardians receive timely notification of 

19 covered threats and emergencies that occur on 

20 school grounds, during school transportation, or dur21 ing school-sponsored activities. 

22 ‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—The emergency 

23 response and notification procedures developed under sub24 section (a) shall meet the following criteria: 

25 ‘‘(1) The procedures shall be developed in con26 sultation with appropriate public safety agencies. 


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1 ‘‘(2) Commonly used alarm system responses 

2 for specific types of emergencies shall be imple3 mented. 

4 ‘‘(3) The procedures shall identify— 

5 ‘‘(A) the primary emergency response 

6 agency that is responsible for each type of cov7 ered threat or emergency; and 

8 ‘‘(B) the individuals within each school 

9 who are responsible for contacting the primary 

10 emergency response agency in the event of such 

11 a threat or emergency. 

12 ‘‘(c) COVERED THREATS AND EMERGENCIES DE13 FINED.—In this section, the term ‘covered threats and 

14 emergencies’ means— 

15 ‘‘(1) weapons possession or use when there is 

16 intended harm toward another person; 

17 ‘‘(2) active shooter or hostage situations; 

18 ‘‘(3) bomb threats; 

19 ‘‘(4) murder, homicide, or manslaughter; 

20 ‘‘(5) sex offenses, including rape, sexual as21 sault, or sexual misconduct involving a student and 

22 school personnel; 

23 ‘‘(6) trespassing; 

24 ‘‘(7) fires; 


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1 ‘‘(8) natural weather emergencies, including 

2 hurricanes, tornadoes, and severe storms; 

3 ‘‘(9) natural disasters; 

4 ‘‘(10) exposure to harmful substances or condi5 tions as a result of a manmade emergency; and 

6 ‘‘(11) such other threats and emergencies as a 

7 local educational agency determines appropriate to 

8 address through the procedures required under sub9 section (a).’’. 

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