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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2513 

To improve school safety and mental health services. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 7, 2018 

Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. 

ROBERTS, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. CORKER, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. GRAHAM, and Mr. ISAKSON) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To improve school safety and mental health services. 

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; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘School Safety and Mental Health Services Improvement 

6 Act of 2018’’. 

7 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

8 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

Sec. 101. Supporting Safer Schools. 


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Sec. 102. Violence prevention and mental health support. 

TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

Sec. 201. Children and violence. 

Sec. 202. Priority mental health needs of regional and national significance. 

Sec. 203. Supporting crisis response systems for children and youth. 

Sec. 204. Studies on children and adolescents at risk of developing mental illness. 

TITLE III—INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE 

Sec. 301. Interagency Task Force. 

1 TITLE I—DEPARTMENT OF 

2 EDUCATION 

3 SEC. 101. SUPPORTING SAFER SCHOOLS. 

4 (a) STUDENT SUPPORT AND ACADEMIC ENRICH5 MENT GRANTS.—Subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the 

6 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

7 U.S.C. 7111) is amended— 

8 (1) by redesignating sections 4109 through 

9 4112 as sections 4110 through 4113, respectively; 

10 and 

11 (2) by inserting after section 4108 the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘SEC. 4109. ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT SCHOOL SAFETY AND 

14 PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST STUDENTS OR 

15 SCHOOL PERSONNEL. 

16 ‘‘Each local educational agency, or consortium of 

17 such agencies, that receives an allocation under section 

18 4105(a) may use such funds for school safety infrastruc19 ture improvements to prevent, mitigate, or respond to inci20 dents of violence.’’. 


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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 4102 of the Elementary 

2 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7112) 

3 is amended— 

4 (1) in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting ‘‘and pre5 vention of gun violence’’ after ‘‘school safety’’; 

6 (2) by redesignating paragraphs (7) and (8) as 

7 paragraphs (8) and (9), respectively; and 

8 (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol9 lowing: 

10 ‘‘(7) SCHOOL SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE IM11 PROVEMENTS.—The term ‘school safety infrastruc12 ture improvements’ means improvements to the 

13 physical facility and technology of a school to pre14 vent intruders from entering a school, ensure stu15 dents and school personnel may safely enter the 

16 school building and exit during an emergency, or 

17 protect the life and well-being of students and school 

18 personnel, including— 

19 ‘‘(A) physical improvements to the school 

20 to prevent and deter unauthorized access to the 

21 school, including locks, double entry systems, 

22 hardened entrances, and interior and exterior 

23 video surveillance systems; 


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1 ‘‘(B) security doors, automatic locks, secu2 rity glass, alarm systems, metal detectors, and 

3 sensor systems; 

4 ‘‘(C) emergency communications systems, 

5 including wireless and geographically precise 

6 mobile alert systems; 

7 ‘‘(D) perimeter fencing; 

8 ‘‘(E) emergency exit systems; 

9 ‘‘(F) duress or panic systems; 

10 ‘‘(G) emergency tip lines; and 

11 ‘‘(H) any other physical improvements 

12 where the primary purpose is to improve or en13 hance school safety.’’. 

14 (c) FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES.—Section 4103 of 

15 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

16 U.S.C. 7113) is amended by striking ‘‘section 4112’’ and 

17 inserting ‘‘section 4113’’. 

18 (d) STATE USE OF FUNDS.—Section 4104(b)(3)(B) 

19 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

20 (20 U.S.C. 7114(b)(3)(B)) is amended— 

21 (1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

22 semicolon; and 

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

24 ‘‘(v) improving the safety and security 

25 of schools, including through school safety 


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1 infrastructure improvements, which may 

2 include— 

3 ‘‘(I) identifying and dissemi4 nating best practices for school safety 

5 infrastructure improvements; 

6 ‘‘(II) assisting in the establish7 ment or implementation of emergency 

8 planning, which may include emer9 gency response teams to address 

10 emergencies at schools; 

11 ‘‘(III) establishing or identifying 

12 agreements with local law enforcement 

13 and health agencies, including non14 profit, public, and private mental 

15 health agencies and institutions, to 

16 improve coordination of services and 

17 identify threats to the safety of stu18 dents and school personnel; and 

19 ‘‘(IV) school safety infrastructure 

20 improvements; and’’. 

21 (e) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY APPLICATIONS.— 

22 Section 4106 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

23 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7116) is amended— 

24 (1) in subsection (d)(1)(B), by inserting ‘‘, in25 cluding school safety infrastructure improvements to 


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1 prevent or respond to incidents of violence’’ after 

2 ‘‘environment.’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (e)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) in subparagraph (D)— 

6 (I) by striking ‘‘4109’’ and in7 serting ‘‘4110’’; and 

8 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

9 semicolon; 

10 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 

11 (E) as subparagraph (F); and 

12 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 

13 (D), the following: 

14 ‘‘(E) if applicable, how funds will be used 

15 for activities related to supporting school safety 

16 infrastructure improvements under section 

17 4109; and’’; and 

18 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

19 (i) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 

20 ‘‘or 4109’’ after ‘‘4108’’; and 

21 (ii) in subparagraph (E)— 

22 (I) by striking ‘‘section 4109(a)’’ 

23 and inserting ‘‘section 4110(a)’’; and 


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1 (II) by striking ‘‘section 

2 4109(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

3 4110(b)’’. 

4 (f) ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT SAFE AND HEALTHY

5 STUDENTS.—Section 4108 of the Elementary and Sec6 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7118) is amend7 ed— 

8 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

9 striking ‘‘Subject to’’ and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (a)(5)— 

12 (A) in subparagraph (B), in the matter 

13 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘4111’’ and in14 serting ‘‘4112’’; and 

15 (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking 

16 ‘‘4111’’ and inserting ‘‘4112’’; and 

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

18 ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec19 tion shall be construed to— 

20 ‘‘(1) prevent Federal or local law enforcement 

21 from detaining or arresting an individual who could 

22 otherwise be detained or arrested for an alleged vio23 lent offense; or 


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1 ‘‘(2) otherwise interfere with Federal or local 

2 law enforcement’s discretion to investigate legitimate 

3 threats to school safety.’’. 

4 (g) ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE EFFECTIVE USE

5 OF TECHNOLOGY.—Section 4110 of the Elementary and 

6 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7281), as 

7 redesignated by subsection (a), is amended— 

8 (1) in subsection (a)— 

9 (A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

10 after the semicolon; 

11 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe12 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

13 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(7) providing technology to improve school 

15 safety.’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘RULE’’ and all that fol18 lows through ‘‘agency’’ and inserting the fol19 lowing: ‘‘RULE.—’’ 

20 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agen21 cy’’; and 

22 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—The limitation described in 

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1 structure that is also a school safety infrastructure 

2 improvement.’’. 

3 (h) PROJECT SERV.—Section 4631(b)(4) of the Ele4 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

5 7281(b)(4)) is amended by striking the period at the end 

6 and inserting ‘‘, except where the primary purpose of the 

7 construction, renovation, or repair is to restore the learn8 ing environment or improve or enhance school safety.’’. 

9 (i) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO THE TABLE OF

10 CONTENTS.—The table of contents in section 2 of the Ele11 mentary and Secondary Education Act is amended by 

12 striking the items relating to sections 4109, 4110, 4111, 

13 and 4112 and inserting the following: 

‘‘Sec. 4109. Activities to support school safety and prevent violence against students or school personnel. 

‘‘Sec. 4110. Activities to support the effective use of technology. 

‘‘Sec. 4111. Supplement, not supplant. 

‘‘Sec. 4112. Rule of construction. 

‘‘Sec. 4113. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 

14 SEC. 102. VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND MENTAL HEALTH 

15 SUPPORT. 

16 (a) STATE USES OF FUNDS.—Section 2101(c)(4)(B) 

17 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

18 (20 U.S.C. 6611(c)(4)(B)) is amended— 

19 (1) by redesignating clause (xxi) as clause 

20 (xxiv); and 

21 (2) by inserting after clause (xx) the following: 


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1 ‘‘(xxi) Supporting efforts to increase 

2 the professional development that is evi3 dence-based (to the extent the State, in 

4 consultation with local educational agencies 

5 in the State, determines that such evidence 

6 is reasonably available) for teachers, prin7 cipals, school leaders, and other school per8 sonnel in mental health awareness, violence 

9 prevention, crisis response, de-escalation 

10 techniques and anger management tech11 niques, positive behavioral interventions 

12 and supports, bullying and harassment 

13 prevention, and other similar programs de14 signed to reduce and prevent school vio15 lence. 

16 ‘‘(xxii) Assisting local educational 

17 agencies in— 

18 ‘‘(I) developing and implementing 

19 professional development that is evi20 dence-based (to the extent the State, 

21 in consultation with local educational 

22 agencies in the State, determines that 

23 such evidence is reasonably available) 

24 on violence prevention programs and 


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1 emergency response and notification 

2 systems; and 

3 ‘‘(II) improving school climate. 

4 ‘‘(xxiii) Developing agreements be5 tween local educational agencies, law en6 forcement agencies, and health agencies, 

7 including nonprofit, public, and private 

8 mental health agencies and institutions, to 

9 improve coordination of services and to 

10 identify, respond to, and prevent threats to 

11 the safety of students and school per12 sonnel.’’. 

13 (b) LOCAL USES OF FUNDS.—Section 2103(b)(3) of 

14 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

15 U.S.C. 6613(b)(3)) is amended— 

16 (1) in subparagraph (I)— 

17 (A) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, including 

18 mental health services,’’ after ‘‘services’’; and 

19 (B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and public 

20 or private mental health organizations’’ and in21 serting ‘‘, public or private mental health orga22 nizations, and local law enforcement agencies, 

23 to improve the coordination of services and to 

24 identify, respond to, and prevent threats to the 

25 safety of students and school personnel’’; 


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1 (2) in subparagraph (O), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

2 after the semicolon; 

3 (3) by redesignating subparagraph (P) as sub4 paragraph (R); and 

5 (4) by inserting after subparagraph (O) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(P) reducing the ratio of students to 

8 counselors to improve the ability of schools to 

9 address the academic and social and emotional 

10 needs of students and school personnel through 

11 the recruiting and hiring of school-based mental 

12 health services providers, as defined in section 

13 4102(6); 

14 ‘‘(Q) developing and implementing profes15 sional development that is evidence-based (to 

16 the extent the State, in consultation with local 

17 educational agencies in the State, determines 

18 that such evidence is reasonably available) for 

19 teachers, specialized instructional support per20 sonnel, principals, school leaders, and other 

21 school personnel in violence prevention, mental 

22 health awareness, threat de-escalation methods, 

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1 grams designed to reduce and prevent school vi2 olence and improve the school climate for all 

3 students; and’’. 

4 (c) TEACHER AND SCHOOL LEADER INCENTIVE

5 FUND GRANTS.—Section 2212(e)(2)(D) of the Elemen6 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

7 6613(e)(2)(D)) is amended— 

8 (1) in clause (i)(III), by striking ‘‘or’’ after the 

9 semicolon; 

10 (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the 

11 end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

12 (3) by inserting after clause (ii) the following: 

13 ‘‘(iii) school-based mental health serv14 ices providers (as defined in section 

15 4102(6)) who improve the climate of the 

16 school.’’. 

17 (d) SUPPORTING EFFECTIVE EDUCATOR DEVELOP18 MENT.—Section 2242(a) of the Elementary and Sec19 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6672(a)) is 

20 amended— 

21 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘school-based 

22 mental health services providers (as defined in sec23 tion 4102(6)),’’ after ‘‘teachers,’’; and 


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1 (2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘school-based 

2 mental health services providers (as defined in sec3 tion 4102(6)),’’ after ‘‘teachers,’’. 

4 TITLE II—DEPARTMENT OF 

5 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 

6 SEC. 201. CHILDREN AND VIOLENCE. 

7 Section 581 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

8 U.S.C. 290hh) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

11 (i) by inserting ‘‘and technical assist12 ance’’ after ‘‘support’’; and 

13 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, including programs 

14 designed to provide mental health and sub15 stance use disorder assessments, crisis 

16 intervention training, counseling, treat17 ment, and referral to a continuum of serv18 ices including emergency psychiatric care, 

19 community support programs, inpatient 

20 care, and outpatient programs’’ after ‘‘chil21 dren’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, which 

23 may include improved coordination with the 

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1 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

2 of 1965,’’ after ‘‘assistance’’; and 

3 (C) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and 

4 maintain’’ after ‘‘establish’’; 

5 (2) in subsection (c)— 

6 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

7 (i) by redesignating subparagraphs 

8 (D) through (F) as subparagraphs (E) 

9 through (G), respectively; 

10 (ii) by inserting after subparagraph 

11 (C) the following: 

12 ‘‘(D) crisis intervention training’’; and 

13 (iii) in subparagraph (E), as so redes14 ignated, by striking ‘‘alcohol and drug 

15 abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘alcohol and other 

16 substance use disorder’’; and 

17 (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘sub18 paragraphs (D), (E), and (F)’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), and (G)’’; 

20 (3) by striking subsection (e); 

21 (4) by redesignating subsections (f) through (h) 

22 as subsections (e) through (g), respectively; 

23 (5) in subsection (f), as so redesignated, by in24 serting ‘‘or maintain’’ after ‘‘establish’’; and 


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1 (6) in subsection (g), as so redesignated, by 

2 striking ‘‘2002 and 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 

3 through 2023’’. 

4 SEC. 202. PRIORITY MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS OF REGIONAL 

5 AND NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE. 

6 Section 520A(e) of the Public Health Service Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 290bb–32(e)) is amended by adding at the end the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(4) AT-RISK YOUTH.—The Secretary shall, as 

10 appropriate, disseminate information to recipients of 

11 grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements under 

12 this section regarding training for appropriate school 

13 personnel on techniques and supports needed to 

14 early identify children with, or at risk of, mental ill15 ness, and regarding the use of referral mechanisms 

16 to link such children to intervention services, includ17 ing treatment and prevention services. Such infor18 mation shall include best practices for collaboration 

19 between behavioral and mental health professionals 

20 and law enforcement for assisting at-risk youth who 

21 have a history of interactions with law enforcement 

22 or the criminal justice system.’’. 


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1 SEC. 203. SUPPORTING CRISIS RESPONSE SYSTEMS FOR 

2 CHILDREN AND YOUTH. 

3 Section 520F of the Public Health Service Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 290bb–37) is amended— 

5 (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘, which 

6 may include improved coordination with the Project 

7 SERV program under section 4631 of the Elemen8 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965’’ before 

9 the semicolon; and 

10 (2) in subsection (b)(2)— 

11 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 

12 ‘‘local educational agencies (as defined in sec13 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

14 Education Act of 1965),’’ after ‘‘service pro15 viders,’’; and 

16 (B) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, 

17 including local educational agencies (as so de18 fined),’’ after ‘‘entities’’. 

19 SEC. 204. STUDIES ON CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS AT 

20 RISK OF DEVELOPING MENTAL ILLNESS. 

21 The Secretary of Health and Human Services may 

22 conduct, or support, studies on children and adolescents 

23 who are at significant risk of developing, show early signs 

24 of, or have been diagnosed with mental illness, including 

25 a serious emotional disturbance. Such studies, including 

26 services research studies, shall examine— 


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1 (1) early identification and intervention to pre2 vent the further progression of mental illness, in3 cluding serious emotional disturbance, in such chil4 dren and adolescents; 

5 (2) early identification and intervention to re6 duce or mitigate the development of behaviors in 

7 such children and adolescents that could lead to ar8 rest, incarceration, suicide, property destruction, or 

9 other violent behavior; and 

10 (3) the extent to which early identification or 

11 intervention for children and adolescents at a clinical 

12 high risk for psychosis or aggressive behaviors can 

13 be scaled up to mitigate or delay the progression of 

14 mental illness, reduce disability, and maximize recov15 ery. 

16 TITLE III—INTERAGENCY TASK 

17 FORCE 

18 SEC. 301. INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE. 

19 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an inter20 agency task force to address school safety (referred to in 

21 this section as the ‘‘Task Force’’). 

22 (b) MEMBERS.—Not later than 60 days after the 

23 date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall con24 vene the members of the Task Force, which shall include 

25 the Secretary of Education, the Secretary of Health and 


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1 Human Services, the Attorney General, the Secretary of 

2 Homeland Security, the Secretary of the Interior, or their 

3 designees, and such other Federal officials as may be des4 ignated by the President. 

5 (c) CHAIR.—The Task Force shall be chaired by the 

6 Secretary of Education. 

7 (d) ACTIVITIES OF THE TASK FORCE.—The Task 

8 Force shall carry out the following activities: 

9 (1) Convene at least 2 public meetings— 

10 (A) to consult with students, parents, 

11 teachers, specialized school support personnel, 

12 school officials, and other relevant stakeholders 

13 on identifying problems and proposing solutions 

14 to improve school safety and prevent school vio15 lence; 

16 (B) which— 

17 (i) shall be noticed not later than 30 

18 days in advance; and 

19 (ii) if practicable, shall be electroni20 cally streamed in real time; and 

21 (C) a recording of which shall be made 

22 publicly available on the Department of Edu23 cation’s website. 

24 (2) Make recommendations, after consulting 

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1 cational agencies, and schools on policies and proce2 dures to improve the safety of all schools, including 

3 recommendations on school safety infrastructure im4 provements, as defined by section 4102(7) of the El5 ementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

6 U.S.C. 7112) (as added by section 101(b)(3)). The 

7 recommendations shall include a full listing of all 

8 available Federal grant opportunities, across Federal 

9 agencies, related to improving school safety and 

10 mental health services for students. 

11 (3) Review interagency procedures to improve 

12 coordination, and assess current barriers, between 

13 schools and health agencies, including nonprofit, 

14 public, and private mental health agencies and insti15 tutions, and Federal, State, and local law enforce16 ment to identify individuals at risk of committing vi17 olence and provide treatment or prevent violent out18 breaks. 

19 (4) Identify best practices in preventing violence 

20 in schools, including bullying and harassment pre21 vention programs, positive behavioral interventions 

22 and supports, response-to-intervention systems, con23 flict prevention and de-escalation methods, anger24 management training, and other measures to im25 prove school climate. 


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1 (5) Make recommendations to State and local 

2 educational agencies on model agreements between 

3 local educational agencies, law enforcement agencies, 

4 and health agencies, including nonprofit, public, and 

5 private mental health agencies and institutions, to 

6 improve coordination of services and identify, re7 spond to, and prevent threats to the safety of stu8 dents and school personnel, which shall include best 

9 practices on coordination regarding the mental 

10 health services available to students upon suspension 

11 or expulsion. 

12 (e) REPORT.— 

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

14 the date of enactment of this Act, the Chair shall 

15 submit to the Committee on Health, Education, 

16 Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appro17 priations of the Senate and the Committee on Edu18 cation and the Workforce and the Committee on Ap19 propriations of the House of Representatives, a re20 port on— 

21 (A) activities conducted under this section; 

22 and 

23 (B) Federal barriers to coordination 

24 among schools, State and local health agencies 

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1 health agencies and institutions), and Federal, 

2 State, and local law enforcement. 

3 (2) PUBLICLY AVAILABLE.—The report de4 scribed under this subsection shall be made publicly 

5 available, including on the website of the Depart6 ment of Education. 

7 (f) TERMINATION.—The Task Force established 

8 under this section shall terminate on the date that is 1 

9 year after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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