110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2352 
AN ACT 
To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary 
schools, and institutions of higher education. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘School Safety En-
hancements Act of 2008’’. 
TITLE I—ELEMENTARY AND SEC-
ONDARY EDUCATION SAFETY 
ENHANCEMENTS 
SEC. 101. GRANT PROGRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 
Section 2701 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Placement’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Installation’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘surveillance equip-
ment,’’ after ‘‘detectors,’’; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
paragraph (6); and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
following: 
‘‘(5) Establishment of hotlines or tiplines for 
the reporting of potentially dangerous students and 
situations.’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (d)(1) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(1) The Federal share of the costs of a pro-
gram provided by a grant under subsection (a) shall
be not more than 80 percent of the total of such 
costs.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) INTERAGENCY TASK FORCE.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of the School Safety En-
hancements Act of 2008, the Director and the Secretary 
of Education, or the designee of the Secretary, shall estab-
lish an interagency task force to develop and promulgate 
a set of advisory school safety guidelines. The advisory 
school safety guidelines shall be published in the Federal 
Register by not later than one year after such date of en-
actment. In developing the final advisory school safety 
guidelines, the interagency task force shall consult with 
stakeholders and interested parties, including parents, 
teachers, and agencies.’’. 
SEC. 102. APPLICATIONS. 
Section 2702(a)(2) of the Omnibus Crime Control 
and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797b(a)(2)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) be accompanied by a report, signed by the 
chief education officer and the attorney general or 
other chief law enforcement executive of the State, 
unit of local government, or Indian tribe, certifying 
that each proposed use of the grant funds will be—
‘‘(A) an effective means for improving the 
safety of one or more schools; 
‘‘(B) consistent with a comprehensive ap-
proach to preventing school violence; and 
‘‘(C) individualized to the needs of each 
school at which those improvements are to be 
made.’’. 
SEC. 103. ANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS. 
Section 2703 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797c) is amended by 
striking ‘‘and the activities for which those funds were 
used’’ and inserting ‘‘and a detailed itemization of how 
those funds were utilized’’. 
SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 2705 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797e) is amended by 
striking ‘‘$30,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2001 
through 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘$50,000,000 for each of the 
fiscal years 2009 and 2010’’. 
SEC. 105. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT. 
Paragraph (5) of section 2701(b) of the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 
3797a(b)) (as amended by section 101 of this Act) is fur-
ther amended by inserting ‘‘, including hazardous condi-
tions’’ after ‘‘and situations’’.
SEC. 106. ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT TO THE GRANT PRO-
GRAM FOR SCHOOL SECURITY. 
Section 2701(b) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 
Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797a(b)) (as amend-
ed by sections 101 and 105 of this Act) is further amended 
by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new para-
graph (and redesignating the succeeding paragraphs ac-
cordingly): 
‘‘(5) Development and implementation of safety 
measures to protect students in the event of a ter-
rorist attack or other hazardous condition or situa-
tion.’’. 
TITLE II—HIGHER EDUCATION 
SECURITY ENHANCEMENT 
SEC. 201. REQUIREMENT FOR CAMPUS SAFETY ASSESS-
MENTS. 
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1092) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(n) CAMPUS SAFETY ASSESSMENT.—Each eligible 
institution participating in any program under this title 
shall conduct an annual campus safety assessment that 
shall be prepared through consultation between the insti-
tution’s staff, including safety and security personnel, and 
local law enforcement officials.’’.
SEC. 202. REQUIREMENT FOR CAMPUS EMERGENCY RE-
SPONSE PLANS. 
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
as amended in section 201 (20 U.S.C. 1092), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(o) CAMPUS EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN.—Each 
eligible institution participating in any program under this 
title shall develop and implement a campus emergency re-
sponse plan to address a comprehensive set of emergency 
situations, including the following: 
‘‘(1) Natural disasters. 
‘‘(2) Active shooter situations. 
‘‘(3) Terrorist attacks.’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 17, 
2008. 
Attest: 
Clerk.