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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8280 

To direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to local educational 

agencies to enhance school and community safety, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 7, 2024 

Mr. NUNN of Iowa (for himself and Mr. SORENSEN) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To direct the Secretary of Education to award grants to 

local educational agencies to enhance school and community safety, 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 ‘‘Safe Schools and Com5 munities Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. GRANT PROGRAM FOR TRAINING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days after the 

8 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 

9 award, on a competitive basis, grants to local educational 


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1 agencies to carry out the activities described in subsection 

2 (c). 

3 (b) APPLICATION.—A local educational agency desir4 ing a grant under this section shall submit to the Sec5 retary an application at such time, in such form, and con6 taining such information as the Secretary may require. 

7 (c) GRANT USES.—A local educational agency that 

8 receives a grant under this section shall use such grant 

9 funds to— 

10 (1) provide, to school personnel who work at el11 ementary schools and secondary schools served by 

12 such agency and who are in contact with students on 

13 at least a weekly basis, training on— 

14 (A) human trafficking risk factors, indica15 tors, and protocols; 

16 (B) fentanyl and drug abuse prevention; 

17 (C) strategies to prevent, intervene, and 

18 reduce participation of students in gang activ19 ity; and 

20 (D) local and community resources for the 

21 prevention and intervention described in sub22 paragraphs (B) and (C). 

23 (2) cover the costs of providing such training, 

24 including with respect to instructor and program 


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1 fees, training supplies, and educational materials; 

2 and 

3 (3) implement— 

4 (A) specialized human trafficking cur5 riculum; 

6 (B) fentanyl and drug abuse prevention in7 struction or materials; or 

8 (C) gang education and prevention pro9 grams. 

10 (d) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary school’’, 

11 ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘Sec12 retary’’ have the meanings given such terms in section 

13 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

14 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

15 (e) FUNDING.—Section 4103(a)(3) of the Elemen16 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

17 7113(a)(3)) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking ‘‘technical assistance’’ and in19 serting 

20 ‘‘(A) technical assistance’’; 

21 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert22 ing ‘‘; and’’; and 

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


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1 ‘‘(B) awarding grants under the Safe 

2 Schools and Communities Act of 2024.’’. 

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