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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5332 

To improve school safety. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 19, 2018 

Mr. GROTHMAN (for himself and Mrs. HANDEL) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To improve school safety. 

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 ‘‘Student and Teacher 

5 Safety Act of 2018’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SUPPORTING SAFER SCHOOLS. 

7 (a) STUDENT SUPPORT AND ACADEMIC ENRICH8 MENT GRANTS.—Subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the 

9 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

10 U.S.C. 7111 et seq.) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating sections 4109 through 

2 4112 as sections 4110 through 4113, respectively; 

3 and 

4 (2) by inserting after section 4108 the fol5 lowing: 

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

7 PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST STUDENTS OR 

8 SCHOOL PERSONNEL. 

9 ‘‘Each local educational agency, or consortium of 

10 such agencies, that receives an allocation under section 

11 4105(a) may use such funds for school safety infrastruc12 ture improvements to prevent, mitigate, or respond to inci13 dents of violence.’’. 

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

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

16 is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (5)(B), by inserting ‘‘including 

18 the prevention of gun violence,’’ after ‘‘school safe19 ty,’’; 

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

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

22 (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the fol23 lowing: 

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1 ture improvements’ means improvements to the 

2 physical facility or technology of a school to prevent 

3 intruders from entering a school, ensure students 

4 and school personnel may safely enter the school 

5 building and exit during an emergency, or protect 

6 the life and well-being of students and school per7 sonnel, including— 

8 ‘‘(A) physical improvements to the school 

9 to prevent and deter unauthorized access to the 

10 school, including locks, double entry systems, 

11 hardened entrances, and interior and exterior 

12 video surveillance systems; 

13 ‘‘(B) security doors, automatic locks, secu14 rity glass, alarm systems, metal detectors, and 

15 sensor systems; 

16 ‘‘(C) emergency communications systems, 

17 including wireless and geographically precise 

18 mobile alert systems; 

19 ‘‘(D) perimeter fencing; 

20 ‘‘(E) emergency exit systems; 

21 ‘‘(F) duress or panic systems; 

22 ‘‘(G) emergency tip lines; and 

23 ‘‘(H) any other physical improvements to 

24 existing facilities where the primary purpose is 

25 to improve or enhance school safety.’’. 


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1 (c) FORMULA GRANTS TO STATES.—Section 4103(a) 

2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

3 (20 U.S.C. 7113(a)) is amended, in the matter preceding 

4 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section 4112’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘section 4113’’. 

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

7 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

8 (20 U.S.C. 7114(b)(3)(B)) is amended— 

9 (1) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

10 and 

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

12 ‘‘(v) improving the safety and security 

13 of schools, which may include— 

14 ‘‘(I) identifying and dissemi15 nating best practices for school safety; 

16 ‘‘(II) assisting in the establish17 ment or implementation of emergency 

18 planning, which may include emer19 gency response teams to address 

20 emergencies at schools; 

21 ‘‘(III) establishing or identifying 

22 agreements with local law enforcement 

23 and health agencies, including non24 profit, public, and private mental 

25 health agencies and institutions, to 


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1 improve coordination of services and 

2 identify threats to the safety of stu3 dents and school personnel; and 

4 ‘‘(IV) school safety infrastructure 

5 improvements; and’’. 

6 (e) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY APPLICATIONS.— 

7 Section 4106(e) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu8 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7116(e)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (1)— 

10 (A) in subparagraph (D)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘4109’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘4110’’; and 

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

14 (B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as 

15 subparagraph (F); and 

16 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D), 

17 the following: 

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

19 for activities related to supporting school safety 

20 infrastructure improvements under section 

21 4109; and’’; and 

22 (2) in paragraph (2)— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, 

24 including charter schools where applicable,’’ 

25 after ‘‘schools’’; 


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1 (B) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) 

2 and (F) as subparagraphs (F) and (G), respec3 tively; 

4 (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(E) use a portion of funds received under 

7 this subpart to support one or more of the ac8 tivities authorized under section 4109;’’; and 

9 (D) in subparagraph (F), as so redesig10 nated— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘section 4109(a)’’ and 

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

13 (ii) by striking ‘‘section 4109(b)’’ and 

14 inserting ‘‘section 4110(b)’’. 

15 (f) ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT SAFE AND HEALTHY

16 STUDENTS.—Section 4108 of the Elementary and Sec17 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7118) is amend18 ed— 

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

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

21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (a)(5) (as amended by para23 graph (1))— 


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

2 preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘4111’’ and in3 serting ‘‘4112’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘4111’’ and inserting ‘‘4112’’; and 

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

7 ‘‘(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec8 tion shall be construed to— 

9 ‘‘(1) prevent Federal, State, or local law en10 forcement from detaining or arresting an individual 

11 who could otherwise be detained or arrested for an 

12 alleged violent offense; 

13 ‘‘(2) otherwise interfere with Federal, State, or 

14 local law enforcement’s discretion to investigate le15 gitimate threats to school safety; or 

16 ‘‘(3) discourage school officials from referring 

17 an individual to law enforcement.’’. 

18 (g) ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT THE EFFECTIVE USE

19 OF TECHNOLOGY.—Section 4110 of the Elementary and 

20 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7119), as 

21 redesignated by subsection (a), is amended— 

22 (1) in subsection (a)— 

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

24 the end; 


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1 (B) in paragraph (6), by striking the pe2 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(7) providing technology to improve school 

5 safety.’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (b)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘A local’’ and inserting the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A local’’; and 

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

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

12 paragraph (1) shall not apply to technology infra13 structure that is also a school safety infrastructure 

14 improvement.’’. 

15 (h) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

16 in section 2 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

17 Act is amended by striking the items relating to sections 

18 4109, 4110, 4111, 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.’’. 

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