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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4162 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 9, 2022 

Mr. BENNET introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

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, United 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 2021–092 issued in 

7 July 2021, 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 for 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) Of the school shootings described in para17 graph (1), the number that were mass shootings. 

18 (3) Of the school shootings described in para19 graph (1), the number that were suicides. 

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

21 shooting, including— 

22 (A) the number of people whose cause of 

23 death was attributable to wound by firearm; 

24 and 


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1 (B) the number of people having some 

2 other cause of death. 

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

4 shooting, including— 

5 (A) the number of people wounded by fire6 arm; and 

7 (B) the number of people injured in some 

8 other manner. 

9 (6) The time of the shooting and whether it oc10 curred during school hours. 

11 (7) The demographics of each school, includ12 ing— 

13 (A) the locale code of the school, as deter14 mined by the Secretary of Education; and 

15 (B) student demographic data disaggre16 gated by— 

17 (i) economically disadvantaged stu18 dents as compared to students who are not 

19 economically disadvantaged; 

20 (ii) each major racial and ethnic 

21 group; 

22 (iii) children with disabilities as com23 pared to children without disabilities; and 

24 (iv) English proficiency status. 


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1 (8) The personal characteristics of each victim 

2 in the shooting, including, at a minimum, the vic3 tim’s— 

4 (A) age; 

5 (B) gender; 

6 (C) race; 

7 (D) ethnicity; and 

8 (E) nationality. 

9 (9) The personal characteristics of the shooter, 

10 including, at a minimum the shooter’s— 

11 (A) age; 

12 (B) gender; 

13 (C) race; 

14 (D) ethnicity; 

15 (E) nationality; and 

16 (F) relationship to the school. 

17 (10) The motivation of the shooter, including 

18 any real or perceived bias based on race, religion, 

19 ethnicity, nationality, or sex (including sexual ori20 entation or gender identity). 

21 (11) How the shooting was stopped, includ22 ing— 

23 (A) whether the shooter was injured or 

24 killed, and if so, by whom; and 


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

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

3 (12) The number and type of firearms and am4 munition that were used in each shooting, includ5 ing— 

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

7 (B) the manufacturer of the firearm; 

8 (C) the make and model of the ammuni9 tion; 

10 (D) the manufacturer of the ammunition; 

11 (E) whether a large capacity ammunition 

12 feeding device was present at the scene or used 

13 during the shooting; and 

14 (F) the number of rounds of ammunition 

15 fired by the shooter over the course of the 

16 shooting. 

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

18 shooting was obtained and how, including— 

19 (A) whether the firearm was registered (if 

20 required); and 

21 (B) whether the firearm was purchased 

22 from a licensed gun dealer or an unlicensed 

23 sale. 


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1 (14) If the original purchaser was not the 

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

3 relationship to the shooter. 

4 (15) If the original purchaser was not the 

5 shooter and the firearm was obtained from the 

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

7 in the home, and whether the gun owner was 

8 charged with failing to properly secure his or her 

9 firearm. 

10 (16) Whether the school had one or more teach11 ers, as that term is defined in section 8553 of the 

12 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

13 (20 U.S.C. 7943), who were armed, and if so, 

14 whether such armed teacher or teachers stopped the 

15 incident by shooting the shooter. 

16 (17) How long the shooting lasted (the approxi17 mate elapsed time between the first and last shots 

18 fired). 

19 (18) The response time of law enforcement to 

20 the shooting. 

21 (c) HISTORIC STATISTICS ON SCHOOL SHOOTINGS.— 

22 The Secretary of Education shall direct the National Cen23 ter for Education Statistics— 

24 (1) to collect, to the extent practicable, the data 

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1 curred before the date of the enactment of this Act; 

2 and 

3 (2) to publish such data as revisions to the 

4 most applicable annual reports on indicators of 

5 school crime and safety issued by the National Cen6 ter for Education Statistics before the date of the 

7 enactment of this Act. 

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

9 on school shootings to be compiled in the annual report 

10 described in subsection (a), the National Center for Edu11 cation Statistics shall collect, at a minimum, information 

12 on the existence or absence of the following measures at 

13 the time of the shooting at schools where a school shooting 

14 occurred in the previous year: 

15 (1) Physical security measures, including— 

16 (A) building envelopes and interiors de17 signed to protect occupants from human 

18 threats; and 

19 (B) other physical security measures de20 signed to avert and restrict violence. 

21 (2) Other types of security measures, including 

22 measures designed to preserve open learning envi23 ronments that positively influence student behavior. 

24 (3) A communication plan with local law en25 forcement. 


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1 (4) A response plan that includes coordination 

2 with local agencies (such as law enforcement agen3 cies, fire departments, and hospitals). 

4 (5) An active shooter response plan (including 

5 the use of an alert system to notify students, faculty, 

6 and parents or guardians). 

7 (6) Any other similar type of safety or preven8 tion measure in place at the time of the school 

9 shooting. 

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

11 school shootings to be compiled in the annual report de12 scribed in subsection (a), any data disaggregation required 

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

14 such disaggregation would reveal personally identifiable 

15 information about any individual. 

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