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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 4301 

To require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Attorney 

General and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to publish 

an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes 

data on school shootings, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019 

Ms. GABBARD (for herself, Mrs. MCBATH, and Mrs. HAYES) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To require the Secretary of Education, in consultation with 

the Attorney General and the Secretary of Health and 

Human Services, to publish an annual report on indicators of school crime and safety that includes data on 

school shootings, 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 Shooting Safety 

5 and Preparedness Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

7 In this Act: 


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1 (1) TITLE 18 DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘fire2 arm’’ and ‘‘ammunition’’ have the meanings given 

3 such terms in section 921 of title 18, United States 

4 Code. The term ‘‘large capacity ammunition feeding 

5 device’’ has the meaning given such term in section 

6 921 of title 18, Unites States Code, as in effect on 

7 September 1, 2004. 

8 (2) MASS SHOOTING.—The term ‘‘mass shoot9 ing’’ means a shooting during which three or more 

10 individuals, not including the shooter, were injured 

11 or killed in one location or in multiple locations in 

12 close proximity. 

13 (3) SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘school’’ means— 

14 (A) an early childhood education program 

15 (as defined in section 103 of the Higher Edu16 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)); 

17 (B) an elementary school (as defined in 

18 section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

19 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)); 

20 (C) a secondary school (as defined in sec21 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 

22 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)); and 

23 (D) an institution of higher education (as 

24 defined in section 102 of the Higher Education 

25 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002)). 


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1 (4) SCHOOL SHOOTING.—The term ‘‘school 

2 shooting’’— 

3 (A) means an event or occurrence— 

4 (i) during which one or more individ5 uals were injured or killed by a firearm; 

6 and 

7 (ii) that occurred— 

8 (I) in, or on the grounds of, a 

9 school, even if before or after school 

10 hours; 

11 (II) while the victim was trav12 eling to or from a regular session at 

13 school; or 

14 (III) while the victim was attend15 ing or traveling to or from an official 

16 school sponsored event; and 

17 (B) does not include an accidental shoot18 ing. 

19 SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT ON INDICATORS OF SCHOOL 

20 CRIME AND SAFETY. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education, in 

22 consultation with the Attorney General and the Secretary 

23 of Health and Human Services, shall publish not less fre24 quently than on an annual basis a report on indicators 

25 of school crime and safety. Such report shall be produced 


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1 by the National Center for Education Statistics of the De2 partment of Education in consultation with the Bureau 

3 of Justice Statistics of the Department of Justice. Such 

4 report shall include, at a minimum, an updated version 

5 of the information provided in the National Center for 

6 Education Statistics report NCES 2019–047 issued in 

7 April 2019, and the data described in subsections (b) and 

8 (d). 

9 (b) STATISTICS ON SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.—In col10 lecting data on school shootings to be compiled in the an11 nual report described in subsection (a), the National Cen12 ter on Education Statistics shall collect at a minimum the 

13 following data annually: 

14 (1) The number of school shootings that have 

15 taken place nationwide. 

16 (2) The number of mass shootings that have 

17 taken place nationwide. 

18 (3) The number of school shootings that were 

19 suicides. 

20 (4) The number of people killed in each school 

21 shooting. 

22 (5) The number of people injured in each school 

23 shooting. 

24 (6) The time of the shooting and whether it oc25 curred during school hours. 


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1 (7) The age, gender, race, ethnicity, and nation2 ality of each victim in each shooting. 

3 (8) The age, gender, race, ethnicity, nationality, 

4 and relationship to the school of each shooter. 

5 (9) The motivation of the shooter, including any 

6 real or perceived bias. 

7 (10) How the shooting was stopped, includ8 ing— 

9 (A) whether the shooter was injured or 

10 killed, and if so, by whom; and 

11 (B) if not, what was the other outcome of 

12 the incident (such as escape, arrest, or suicide). 

13 (11) The number and type of firearms and am14 munition were used in each shooting, including— 

15 (A) the make and model of the firearm; 

16 (B) the manufacturer of the firearm; 

17 (C) the make and model of the ammuni18 tion; 

19 (D) the manufacturer of the ammunition; 

20 (E) whether a large capacity ammunition 

21 feeding device was present at the scene or used 

22 during the shooting; and 

23 (F) the number of rounds of ammunition 

24 fired by the shooter over the course of the 

25 shooting. 


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1 (12) Criminal records of the shooter that indi2 cate a tendency toward violence. 

3 (13) Where each of the firearms used in each 

4 shooting was obtained and how, including— 

5 (A) whether the firearm was registered; 

6 and 

7 (B) whether the firearm was purchased 

8 from a licensed gun dealer or an unlicensed 

9 sale. 

10 (14) If the original purchaser was not the 

11 shooter, what was, if any, the original purchaser’s 

12 relationship to the shooter. 

13 (15) If the original purchaser was not the 

14 shooter and the firearm was obtained from the 

15 shooter’s home, the gun storage practices being used 

16 in the home, and whether the gun owner was 

17 charged with failing to properly secure his or her 

18 firearm. 

19 (16) Whether the school had armed teachers, as 

20 that term is defined in section 8553 of the Elemen21 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

22 U.S.C. 7943), and if so, whether such armed teach23 ers stopped the incident by shooting the shooter. 


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1 (17) How long did the shooting last (the ap2 proximate elapsed time between the first and last 

3 shots fired). 

4 (18) What was the response time of law en5 forcement. 

6 (c) HISTORIC STATISTICS ON SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.— 

7 To the extent practicable, the Secretary of Education shall 

8 direct the National Center on Education Statistics to col9 lect the data required in subsection (b) for shootings that 

10 occurred prior to the date of the enactment of this Act, 

11 and publish such data as a revision to any annual report 

12 on indicators of school crime and safety issued by the Na13 tional Center on Education Statistics prior to the date of 

14 the enactment of this Act. 

15 (d) SAFETY AND PREVENTION.—In collecting data 

16 on school shootings to be compiled in the annual report 

17 described in subsection (a), the National Center on Edu18 cation Statistics shall collect, at a minimum, information 

19 on the existence or absence of the following safety and 

20 prevention measures at the time of the shooting at schools 

21 where a school shooting occurred in the previous year: 

22 (1) Structural physical security measures. 

23 (2) School structural features that are designed 

24 with best practices to avert and restrict violence 


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1 while preserving open learning environments that 

2 positively influence student behavior. 

3 (3) A communication plan with local law en4 forcement. 

5 (4) A response plan that includes coordination 

6 with local agencies (law enforcement, fire depart7 ment, hospitals, etc.). 

8 (5) An active shooter response plan. 

9 (6) Any other similar type of safety or preven10 tion measure in place at the time of the school 

11 shooting. 

12 (e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—In collecting data on 

13 school shootings to be compiled in the annual report de14 scribed in subsection (a), any data disaggregation required 

15 by subsection (b) shall not be required in the case where 

16 the number of students in a disaggregated subgroup is in17 sufficient to yield statistically reliable data or the results 

18 would reveal personally identifiable information about an 

19 individual student. 

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