110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2352 

AN ACT 

To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary 

schools, and institutions of higher education. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Safety En3 hancements Act of 2008’’. 

4 TITLE I—ELEMENTARY AND SEC5 ONDARY EDUCATION SAFETY 

6 ENHANCEMENTS 

7 SEC. 101. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 

8 Section 2701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

9 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (b)— 

11 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

12 (i) by striking ‘‘Placement’’ and in13 serting ‘‘Installation’’; and 

14 (ii) by inserting ‘‘surveillance equip15 ment,’’ after ‘‘detectors,’’; 

16 (B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 

17 paragraph (6); and 

18 (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(5) Establishment of hotlines or tiplines for 

21 the reporting of potentially dangerous students and 

22 situations.’’; 

23 (2) by striking subsection (d)(1) and inserting 

24 the following: 

25 ‘‘(1) The Federal share of the costs of a pro26 gram provided by a grant under subsection (a) shall 
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1 be not more than 80 percent of the total of such 

2 costs.’’; and 

3 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(g) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.—Not later than 60 

5 days after the date of enactment of the School Safety En6 hancements Act of 2008, the Director and the Secretary 

7 of Education, or the designee of the Secretary, shall estab8 lish an interagency task force to develop and promulgate 

9 a set of advisory school safety guidelines. The advisory 

10 school safety guidelines shall be published in the Federal 

11 Register by not later than one year after such date of en12 actment. In developing the final advisory school safety 

13 guidelines, the interagency task force shall consult with 

14 stakeholders and interested parties, including parents, 

15 teachers, and agencies.’’. 

16 SEC. 102. APPLICATIONS. 

17 Section 2702(a)(2) of the Omnibus Crime Control 

18 and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797b(a)(2)) is 

19 amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(2) be accompanied by a report, signed by the 

21 chief education officer and the attorney general or 

22 other chief law enforcement executive of the State, 

23 unit of local government, or Indian tribe, certifying 

24 that each proposed use of the grant funds will be— 
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1 ‘‘(A) an effective means for improving the 

2 safety of one or more schools; 

3 ‘‘(B) consistent with a comprehensive ap4 proach to preventing school violence; and 

5 ‘‘(C) individualized to the needs of each 

6 school at which those improvements are to be 

7 made.’’. 

8 SEC. 103. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 

9 Section 2703 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

10 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797c) is amended by 

11 striking ‘‘and the activities for which those funds were 

12 used’’ and inserting ‘‘and a detailed itemization of how 

13 those funds were utilized’’. 

14 SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

15 Section 2705 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 

16 Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amended by 

17 striking ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 

18 through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of the 

19 fiscal years 2009 and 2010’’. 

20 SEC. 105. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT. 

21 Paragraph (5) of section 2701(b) of the Omnibus 

22 Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 

23 3797a(b)) (as amended by section 101 of this Act) is fur24 ther amended by inserting ‘‘, including hazardous condi25 tions’’ after ‘‘and situations’’. 
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1 SEC. 106. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT TO THE GRANT PRO2 GRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 

3 Section 2701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 

4 Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a(b)) (as amend5 ed by sections 101 and 105 of this Act) is further amended 

6 by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new para7 graph (and redesignating the succeeding paragraphs ac8 cordingly): 

9 ‘‘(5) Development and implementation of safety 

10 measures to protect students in the event of a ter11 rorist attack or other hazardous condition or situa12 tion.’’. 

13 TITLE II—HIGHER EDUCATION 

14 SECURITY ENHANCEMENT 

15 SEC. 201. REQUIREMENT FOR CAMPUS SAFETY ASSESS16 MENTS. 

17 Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

18 U.S.C. 1092) is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(n) CAMPUS SAFETY ASSESSMENT.—Each eligible 

21 institution participating in any program under this title 

22 shall conduct an annual campus safety assessment that 

23 shall be prepared through consultation between the insti24 tution’s staff, including safety and security personnel, and 

25 local law enforcement officials.’’. 
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1 SEC. 202. REQUIREMENT FOR CAMPUS EMERGENCY RE2 SPONSE PLANS. 

3 Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 

4 as amended in section 201 (20 U.S.C. 1092), is further 

5 amended by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(o) CAMPUS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.—Each 

7 eligible institution participating in any program under this 

8 title shall develop and implement a campus emergency re9 sponse plan to address a comprehensive set of emergency 

10 situations, including the following: 

11 ‘‘(1) Natural disasters. 

12 ‘‘(2) Active shooter situations. 

13 ‘‘(3) Terrorist attacks.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 

2008. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 2352 

AN ACT 

To enhance the safety of elementary schools, seccation. ondary schools, and institutions of higher edu-